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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,560 In today's Impossible Engineering... She is the best, she is the biggest, and 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,560 she will remain so. 3 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:09,360 This is really a mind -blowing vessel. 4 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:12,800 The world's largest heavy -lift crane ship. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,020 She's a game -changer because of the cranes, and they are really on the limit 6 00:00:17,020 --> 00:00:18,020 the engineering possibilities. 7 00:00:18,780 --> 00:00:24,060 Normally in this area you have 1 ,000 cubic meters of liquid gas at minus 160 8 00:00:24,060 --> 00:00:25,200 degrees Celsius. 9 00:00:25,820 --> 00:00:28,500 And the pioneering historic innovations. 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,320 I'm currently shifting eight tons. 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,320 Feel back at two. 12 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:41,380 That may be impossible. 13 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:43,480 Possible. 14 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,080 The planet's oceans can often be a perilous place to work. 15 00:01:01,130 --> 00:01:06,270 Waves, wind and rain make building something at sea one of the most 16 00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:08,950 and dangerous engineering tasks around. 17 00:01:15,370 --> 00:01:19,930 Overcoming this hostile environment takes a vessel with some extraordinary 18 00:01:19,930 --> 00:01:20,930 capabilities. 19 00:01:22,890 --> 00:01:24,910 Enter the Sleipnir. 20 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:34,750 Named after a mythical eight -legged stallion ridden by a North God, it's a 21 00:01:34,750 --> 00:01:41,310 154 ,000 -ton heavy lifting crane megaship that's 22 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:43,530 redefining how we build at sea. 23 00:01:47,930 --> 00:01:51,550 Sleipnir is the biggest semi -submersible crane vessel in the world. 24 00:01:53,530 --> 00:01:57,670 Not only in size, length or width, but also lifting capacity. 25 00:01:59,850 --> 00:02:02,090 We have two of the biggest cranes in the world on board. 26 00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:08,150 That makes it the biggest and the baddest. 27 00:02:12,970 --> 00:02:17,250 I believe that the Schleipnir is absolutely one of the most complex 28 00:02:17,250 --> 00:02:18,590 built floating at sea. 29 00:02:19,110 --> 00:02:22,450 It's big, it's strong, it's fabulous. 30 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:36,720 Longer than three A380 passenger jets parked nose to tail. 31 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,680 And wider than the Statue of Liberty laid on its side. 32 00:02:42,820 --> 00:02:47,420 Beneath the surface, eight gigantic thrusters propel it through the water. 33 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:56,720 While almost 165 feet above, on the 130 ,000 square foot reinforced deck, 34 00:02:56,860 --> 00:02:58,600 sits its crowning glory. 35 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:01,100 Two record -breaking cranes. 36 00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:06,210 each capable of shifting the equivalent weight of the Eiffel Tower, allow the 37 00:03:06,210 --> 00:03:11,130 Sleipnir to build or decommission oil and gas platforms, as well as install 38 00:03:11,130 --> 00:03:14,570 gigantic wind turbines, all while floating at sea. 39 00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:25,610 We are now in the central control room. On all ships you would call this the 40 00:03:25,610 --> 00:03:30,310 bridge. From here we control navigation, dynamic positioning, ballasting. 41 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,860 safety, fire alarms, and it is the communications hub of the ship. 42 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,920 It's the responsibility of Captain Arjan Udo to ensure the safety of the 43 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,680 supersized ship and the 400 workers who live on board. 44 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:49,940 Sailing this ship is different from normal ships. We're one of the widest 45 00:03:49,940 --> 00:03:54,240 in the world. She's very high. Sometimes we call it an apartment building, only 46 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,640 it's a really fast apartment building. 47 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,080 The sailing in itself is not difficult. It is all the other vessels around you 48 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,120 that you need to keep an eye on. 49 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,500 That's ferries crossing, people in sailboats, sometimes an idiot in a 50 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,140 Anything can happen. All you have to do is watch out the window and don't run 51 00:04:11,140 --> 00:04:12,140 into things. 52 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:21,519 With a top speed of around 14 miles an hour, this floating behemoth can cross 53 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:23,340 the Atlantic in less than a week. 54 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:28,660 thanks to an innovative fuel system hidden deep inside its eight giant 55 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,960 At the moment, we are in one of the LNG tank rooms. Our fuel, the LNG, is 56 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,460 contained inside this tank at minus 160 degrees Celsius. 57 00:04:40,820 --> 00:04:45,380 This is the largest vessel capable of running on either traditional marine 58 00:04:45,380 --> 00:04:49,500 diesel or liquefied natural gas, known as LNG. 59 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,100 For Joris Velgers and his team. 60 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,220 This industry first means all new challenges. 61 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,960 Fuel tanks like these have to be kept at a low temperature due to the fact that 62 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:07,860 natural gas in nature is a gaseous form and we have to condense it into a liquid 63 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:10,540 to reduce the storage capacity. 64 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:17,720 For an example, one liter of liquid gas exposed in gaseous form to 600 liters of 65 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:18,720 gas. 66 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,280 But keeping a super cold liquid secure while floating in the middle of the 67 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,700 isn't an easy task. 68 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:30,220 Looking upstairs, we can see that there are wooden blocks. 69 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:36,920 We use wood to prevent the minus 160 degrees radiating outside to the vessel 70 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:42,400 structure. Because the vessel structure, if it is touched with minus 160 liquid, 71 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:43,680 it will become brittle. 72 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Okay. 73 00:05:48,970 --> 00:05:53,330 With the vessel currently empty of fuel, Joris and his team have a rare 74 00:05:53,330 --> 00:05:57,750 opportunity to venture where very few people have or will ever go. 75 00:06:01,610 --> 00:06:05,870 We are currently in the LMG tank. This is a unique opportunity. 76 00:06:06,490 --> 00:06:13,350 Normally in this area you have 1 ,000 cubic meters of liquid gas at minus 160 77 00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:14,350 degrees Celsius. 78 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,560 downstairs two of my men are dismantling one pump for periodical maintenance the 79 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:27,160 tank is eight meters in diameter and 25 meters high where we're looking at is 80 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,040 about 23 meters deep in the dungeons 81 00:06:36,460 --> 00:06:40,920 Out on the deck, a large proportion of the electricity generated by burning the 82 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:46,420 LNG will be consumed by the ship's two gigantic cranes, designed in part by 83 00:06:46,420 --> 00:06:49,460 specialist technical superintendent Jori Brouwers. 84 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:58,620 So here you have a complete overview of the crane. The top of the A -frame 85 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:05,020 is 125 meters above the water, and if the boom is fully up, It's 170 86 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:06,020 meter high. 87 00:07:10,580 --> 00:07:14,760 This whole crane is only operated by one man. 88 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,480 He's sitting in a control cabin connected to the crane, so he has a good 89 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,000 overview of everything. 90 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,300 It's really amazing engineering. 91 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,900 However, creating such a vast vessel poses many seemingly impossible 92 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:36,900 challenges. 93 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,940 How can a floating structure remain upright as it lifts the equivalent of 35 94 00:07:42,940 --> 00:07:44,860 passenger jets into the air? 95 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,040 To design and build a vessel that can lift 20 ,000 tons is one of the most 96 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,180 difficult things in the world. 97 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:54,240 I think you can compare it to sending someone into space. 98 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,440 How do you engineer a crane that can rotate even with a load attached? 99 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,820 The loads that occur on the structure, they are immense. 100 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:12,180 And keep up to 400 workers safe as they carry out some of the most dangerous 101 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:13,480 tasks on the planet. 102 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,980 You have big waves, lots of wind, so it's really a difficult environment to 103 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:20,980 these type of jobs. 104 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:32,280 To achieve this, engineers will need to draw on inspiration from the pioneers of 105 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,280 the past. 106 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,140 Wow, look at it. What an amazing piece of technology. 107 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:37,799 Here it goes. 108 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,880 This is a beautiful system, but it has one problem. 109 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,280 The door is closed. 110 00:08:45,580 --> 00:08:46,640 I'm so nervous. 111 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,480 This is the Sleipnir. 112 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,180 The largest heavy lift crane vessel in the world. 113 00:09:07,460 --> 00:09:11,620 Designed to shift gigantic pieces of energy generating infrastructure. 114 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:18,100 Its two record -breaking cranes make it unlike anything else at sea. 115 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:29,600 Weighing roughly 150 ,000 tons, it's 10 times heavier than the Brooklyn Bridge. 116 00:09:31,210 --> 00:09:36,370 And from the waterline to the top of its cranes, it stands more than 230 feet 117 00:09:36,370 --> 00:09:38,030 taller than the London Eye. 118 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:45,830 But propelling a vessel of such monumental proportion through the water 119 00:09:45,830 --> 00:09:46,830 enormous challenge. 120 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:53,270 When you're sailing or want to go sailing, you need to increase power. 121 00:09:54,250 --> 00:09:58,870 Now, all the equipment here is big. This thruster is 5 .5 megawatts, which is 122 00:09:58,870 --> 00:09:59,890 about 8 ,000 horsepower. 123 00:10:00,650 --> 00:10:05,130 You have eight of those. They are being fed electricity from the generators. 124 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:07,690 Those are 12 ,000 horsepower each. 125 00:10:07,950 --> 00:10:12,030 Sleipnir is the most powerful vessel I've ever sailed on. That's for sure. 126 00:10:13,270 --> 00:10:18,090 Below the central control center, deep inside the main deck, are the Sleipnir's 127 00:10:18,090 --> 00:10:19,090 four engine rooms. 128 00:10:21,510 --> 00:10:23,770 Hey, can you start engine number 10? 129 00:10:24,310 --> 00:10:25,710 Because we need more power. 130 00:10:26,350 --> 00:10:27,350 Thank you. 131 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:32,560 Now the pre -lubrication systems are starting, and then the engine will come 132 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:37,260 online. And it's up to engineer Joris Velder to ensure that there's always 133 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:38,760 enough power to go around. 134 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:44,540 Very good. 135 00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:50,440 We are currently standing in engine room number four. 136 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:54,620 This is nice. It's running. 137 00:10:54,860 --> 00:10:55,860 It's spinning. 138 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,560 In each engine room, we have three diesel engines with derived generator. 139 00:11:00,140 --> 00:11:03,980 Each engine is good for 8 ,000 kilowatts. 140 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,080 And all together, we have sufficient power to provide a quarter of the city 141 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:10,120 Amsterdam for power. 142 00:11:10,780 --> 00:11:16,820 The electrical power is used to propel the vessel to operate the cranes. We 143 00:11:16,820 --> 00:11:20,960 accommodation for 400 people that also need electricity. For example, your 144 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,620 toothbrush will also be powered via this electricity. 145 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:30,540 Engineers may have found the solution to propelling this megaship across the 146 00:11:30,540 --> 00:11:35,440 ocean. But once the Sleipnir and its army of workers get to their 147 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:40,420 how do they safely lift over 20 ,000 tons without a solid foundation? 148 00:11:43,980 --> 00:11:48,420 It's an enormous challenge for the ship's designers, headed up by naval 149 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:50,080 architect Sipke Sherman. 150 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,360 When you're in the middle of the ocean, of course, you're exposed to big waves, 151 00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:56,960 lots of wind, current. 152 00:11:57,860 --> 00:12:03,360 So when you lift a big load, you want to avoid any damage. So you avoid damage 153 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,220 by reducing the motions. 154 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,440 How do you do that? 155 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:10,180 Well, you have to have something floating. And stable, of course, because 156 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:15,000 lift something, then it wants to capsize. Also, you lift it at a point 157 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,400 up, so the vessel wants to tip over, so you have to provide stability. 158 00:12:19,630 --> 00:12:22,890 Those are the kinds of things you have to take into account. 159 00:12:23,770 --> 00:12:29,530 To keep a vessel upright in the water while it lifts loads up to 22 ,000 tons 160 00:12:29,530 --> 00:12:30,790 a monumental challenge. 161 00:12:31,950 --> 00:12:35,530 Potentially you capsize, and actually that's really what you want to avoid. 162 00:12:36,630 --> 00:12:41,410 To find a solution, the Sleipnir's engineers must look to the innovations 163 00:12:41,410 --> 00:12:42,410 past. 164 00:12:52,270 --> 00:12:57,130 Engineer Sascha Koschlik is in the northern German shipbuilding city of 165 00:12:57,310 --> 00:13:01,090 Well, just look at all the cranes over there. They come in all shapes and 166 00:13:01,930 --> 00:13:04,750 Discovering an innovative piece of maritime engineering. 167 00:13:10,630 --> 00:13:13,190 Well, look at it. What an amazing piece of technology. 168 00:13:14,290 --> 00:13:20,430 This is the 177 -foot -tall Long Henry, or Langer Heinrich, as it's known to the 169 00:13:20,430 --> 00:13:21,430 locals. 170 00:13:22,220 --> 00:13:26,240 I've never seen it from that angle, from the water. That's just amazing. 171 00:13:29,860 --> 00:13:34,740 One of the oldest surviving floating cranes in the world, it was 172 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:35,740 for the time. 173 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:48,720 Designed in 1905 by German engineers August Beschum and Theodor Kietmann. 174 00:13:49,580 --> 00:13:54,300 The Long Henry's arched shape allowed it to reach further than other cranes of 175 00:13:54,300 --> 00:14:00,200 the time, while an ingenious system hidden deep within its pontoon allows it 176 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,720 lift 100 tons without capsizing. 177 00:14:05,140 --> 00:14:08,340 To demonstrate, Sascha has prepared an experiment. 178 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,700 Now here I've got my crane attached to a pontoon, just like in the background 179 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:19,090 with the Langer Heinrich. And if we put that in the water now like this, It's 180 00:14:19,090 --> 00:14:22,790 floating nicely, upright, it's perfectly balanced, right? 181 00:14:23,170 --> 00:14:28,030 But if I put a little bit of weight onto the boom, and I've got here prepared a 182 00:14:28,030 --> 00:14:29,650 little bucket with some rocks in here, 183 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:35,470 if I attach that, then the whole thing will just tilt over. 184 00:14:35,870 --> 00:14:39,710 And it will end up in a complete disaster, as you can imagine here, 185 00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:43,290 So what can we do in order to counterbalance it again? 186 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:46,530 We need to put weight onto that side of the vessel. 187 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:52,060 And what better is there to use than actually the water in which we float? So 188 00:14:52,060 --> 00:14:55,980 I've prepared here two ballast tanks, basically, one that is only partially 189 00:14:55,980 --> 00:15:01,540 filled that goes onto the front, and we've got one which is almost filled 190 00:15:01,540 --> 00:15:03,300 goes onto the back of the vessel. 191 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,400 So we put that here, and the other one goes right here. 192 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:13,960 Here we go. 193 00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:22,940 If I now add the load to the front, what we can see is it floats upright and 194 00:15:22,940 --> 00:15:23,940 it's nicely balanced. 195 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,460 And that's exactly what they do in the Lange Heinrich. 196 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:34,340 On board, nine ballast tanks hidden deep inside the pontoon of the Lange 197 00:15:34,340 --> 00:15:37,860 Heinrich can be filled with over 200 tons of ballast water. 198 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,440 Wow, this is amazing. 199 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,080 We're now right in the belly of the crane. 200 00:15:44,590 --> 00:15:48,850 We've got ballast tanks behind those walls on either side. And everything was 201 00:15:48,850 --> 00:15:52,670 done by that tiny little pump here on the side, which has one horsepower, 202 00:15:52,990 --> 00:15:57,530 actually. And with all those pipes you can see here, you could move the ballast 203 00:15:57,530 --> 00:16:02,650 water to either side of the vessel, depending on what you actually wanted to 204 00:16:02,650 --> 00:16:03,650 lift. 205 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,700 Having served in shipyards in Poland and Germany, and after over seven decades 206 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:14,540 of service, the Long Henry was finally retired. 207 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:20,300 It's quite amazing to think that it has worked throughout the two world wars and 208 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:24,760 has been shipped around Europe, and yet here it is still floating, and when you 209 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,800 look at it, it looks almost as good as it did the day it was built. 210 00:16:43,690 --> 00:16:48,150 Back in the Netherlands, engineers have taken the concept behind the Long Henry 211 00:16:48,150 --> 00:16:54,870 and enlarged it to 212 00:16:54,870 --> 00:16:56,070 astronomical proportions. 213 00:17:01,210 --> 00:17:03,090 Schleidmere is the biggest crane vessel on Earth. 214 00:17:04,130 --> 00:17:10,210 It's 100 meters wide, 220 meters long, and to the top of the crane, 200 meters 215 00:17:10,210 --> 00:17:12,710 high. The size of it, it's really amazing. 216 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:17,500 to ensure it doesn't capsize during a lift. 217 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,940 Engineers have designed an equally supersized solution to balance the load. 218 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,340 Underneath the waterline fit the ship two giant pontoons. 219 00:17:40,490 --> 00:17:46,030 Inside them, 82 ballast tanks can be pumped full of water, adding more than 220 00:17:46,030 --> 00:17:51,150 weight of an aircraft carrier to the vessel and sinking it to a maximum depth 221 00:17:51,150 --> 00:17:52,730 almost 120 feet. 222 00:17:53,250 --> 00:17:56,150 The deeper it sits, the more stable it gets. 223 00:17:56,470 --> 00:18:00,730 And also when we lift big weights, we need to have counterbalance basically, 224 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,170 which we do with water balance. 225 00:18:03,810 --> 00:18:08,050 Once the team is out in the middle of the ocean, It's the responsibility of 226 00:18:08,050 --> 00:18:11,950 Captain Arjan Udo to ensure that this process runs smoothly. 227 00:18:13,650 --> 00:18:16,510 This is where we do all ballast operations for the vessel. 228 00:18:17,590 --> 00:18:22,410 What you see here is an overview of the port side of the ship and then the 229 00:18:22,410 --> 00:18:27,730 ballast system. So you see tanks, pipelines, and here you have what we 230 00:18:27,730 --> 00:18:29,150 pump room with the ballast pumps. 231 00:18:29,570 --> 00:18:32,330 And the ballast pumps we use to get water in and out of the ship. 232 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,100 Now we are 140 million kilos. 233 00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:39,520 When we're at working draft, 32 meters, it's almost 300 million kilos. 234 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,080 That makes the ship more stable for the lift operations. 235 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:48,180 The ballast system on the Sleipnir is designed big, actually so big that we 236 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:50,980 fill an Olympic -sized swimming pool inside five minutes. 237 00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:58,960 In total, Captain Udo can pump on board almost 210 ,000 tons of seawater. 238 00:19:00,620 --> 00:19:02,260 But this ship has a party trick. 239 00:19:02,860 --> 00:19:08,260 and that is our dynamic ballast system. We can use it to balance the loads that 240 00:19:08,260 --> 00:19:09,260 we pick up better. 241 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:14,420 And basically you have a connection in the hull, water comes in, you use the 242 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:19,800 pump to put it on the right location, open the same valve, and you discharge a 243 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:20,800 lot of weight very quickly. 244 00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:25,380 And that means we can use the ballast to balance the loads on the vessel better. 245 00:19:28,270 --> 00:19:33,810 On board, 16 dynamic tanks allow the Sleipnir to continuously adjust its 246 00:19:36,230 --> 00:19:38,330 Ballasting is controlled sinking. 247 00:19:38,530 --> 00:19:43,990 Sinking is something you tend to avoid on a ship. It always gives you a weird 248 00:19:43,990 --> 00:19:44,990 feeling. 249 00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:51,630 This sophisticated system is key to Sleipnir's lifting capacity. 250 00:19:52,350 --> 00:19:57,330 But it's just one of many creative solutions necessary to make this one -of 251 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:58,390 -kind vessel sail. 252 00:19:59,270 --> 00:20:01,970 To overcome some monumental challenges. 253 00:20:02,610 --> 00:20:05,330 Lifting a load is only half of the battle. 254 00:20:06,090 --> 00:20:08,910 Engineers will look to innovators of the past. 255 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:12,990 The world around us will be a very different place without this ingenious 256 00:20:12,990 --> 00:20:13,990 component. 257 00:20:15,930 --> 00:20:18,710 Kira Misleipnir is a marvel of engineering. 258 00:20:19,070 --> 00:20:21,690 The largest ship crane in the world. 259 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,320 capable of lifting the weight of 20 ,000 cars at once. 260 00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:31,320 The vessel's dynamic ballast system allows operators to finely tune depth 261 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,880 stability as they handle some of the largest lifts in the world. 262 00:20:36,580 --> 00:20:41,600 Many decks below the control center, deep inside one of the giant pontoons, 263 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:48,260 it's up to engineer Joris Velders to ensure that this controlled sinking 264 00:20:48,260 --> 00:20:50,560 system is in perfect working order. 265 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,800 At the moment, we are in one of the ballast tanks of the Sleipnir. 266 00:20:56,860 --> 00:21:01,640 The particular ballast tank is one of the biggest, and it is about 6 ,000 267 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:02,840 meters in size. 268 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:08,160 And to give you a reference, this comparison would be two times an Olympic 269 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,160 swimming pool. 270 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:10,700 It's unbelievable. 271 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,640 There are a few ways to fill it up. You can do it with free flooding by just 272 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,080 opening the valves, and then by gravity, they fill up. 273 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:19,660 We also have eight... 274 00:21:19,930 --> 00:21:23,850 ballast pumps, and these pumps can also, at high speed, fill it up. 275 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:28,610 And getting the vessel empty to get a sailing draft again, we use the same 276 00:21:28,610 --> 00:21:29,610 to pump it out again. 277 00:21:32,550 --> 00:21:37,290 This vessel, when sailing, has a draft of around 12 meters. If we are doing 278 00:21:37,290 --> 00:21:40,070 normal operations, we can go to 32 meters. 279 00:21:43,150 --> 00:21:46,490 The dynamic ballast system maintains vertical stability. 280 00:21:47,150 --> 00:21:51,270 But Captain Udo and his team also need to maintain Sleipnir's geographic 281 00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:54,550 orientation once the enormous vessel is in place. 282 00:21:56,690 --> 00:22:01,190 At sea, you have influence on the ship. You have wind, you have waves, you have 283 00:22:01,190 --> 00:22:02,890 current that tends to move the ship. 284 00:22:03,510 --> 00:22:06,210 But when you're building a platform, you want to stay in the same position. 285 00:22:08,010 --> 00:22:12,090 To do this, they rely on advanced GPS and sensor information. 286 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:18,640 We keep the Sleipnir in position by handing control of the thrusters to a 287 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,640 computer system. 288 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:26,580 So it calculates forces on the ship, and then it calculates a solution, how it 289 00:22:26,580 --> 00:22:28,840 should get from where it is to where it needs to be. 290 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,860 The accuracy of the system on a ship of this size is within 30 centimeters. 291 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,920 If there's a bit more wind, maybe 50 centimeters. 292 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:46,340 It stays within that footprint for weeks on end if you want to. 293 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,700 But once in position and ready to lift, the team faces another challenge. 294 00:22:54,500 --> 00:23:00,960 The ship's two vast cranes need to be able to rotate 360 degrees, even with 295 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,040 10 ,000 tons hanging from them. 296 00:23:05,220 --> 00:23:09,200 It's up to Technical Superintendent Jori Brouwers to find a solution. 297 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:16,580 So to lift 10 ,000 tons is even more impressive if you consider the forces 298 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:18,740 occur on the structure, they are immense. 299 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:24,160 Lifting a load is only half of the battle. 300 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:29,680 When you have the load lifted, you also need to be able to rotate the cranes to 301 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,620 position the load where you want to put it. 302 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,440 So how do you rotate a crane with such a heavy load attached? 303 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:41,630 Could a solution be found in the innovations of the past? 304 00:23:52,770 --> 00:23:54,470 All right. Take her up, Paul. 305 00:23:55,530 --> 00:23:59,810 Physicist Susie Sheehy is in the heart of the English countryside, finding out 306 00:23:59,810 --> 00:24:01,890 if she's got what it takes to be a miller. 307 00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:05,390 Wow. Well, it's a great view up here. 308 00:24:05,870 --> 00:24:08,210 I can really feel the wind when I get up this high. 309 00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:12,870 And discovering an engineering solution hidden in an unlikely location. 310 00:24:13,850 --> 00:24:19,350 So on these big structures, this wind, I'm going to try and put one of these 311 00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:24,070 enormous canvas sails so that the windmill can catch the wind. 312 00:24:25,090 --> 00:24:31,390 Built in 1632, Chesterton Mill is one of the oldest operating examples left in 313 00:24:31,390 --> 00:24:32,390 the country. 314 00:24:34,860 --> 00:24:37,940 The wind is up, so I think we're going to give it a spin. So, Paul, can we head 315 00:24:37,940 --> 00:24:38,940 back up? Thank you. 316 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,980 We're excited to see this turn, actually. 317 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:44,240 Oh, here it goes. 318 00:24:45,660 --> 00:24:48,600 So at the moment, the wind is coming in. It's hitting the sails. 319 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:52,940 They're tilted at a slight angle, and that creates this turning motion, which 320 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:54,440 really quite beautiful. 321 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,000 But it has one problem, and that is as soon as the wind changes direction, it's 322 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 going to grind to a halt. 323 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,220 So what we're going to need to do... 324 00:25:03,470 --> 00:25:06,890 is change the direction of the windmill so that we can pick up the wind again 325 00:25:06,890 --> 00:25:07,950 and keep going. 326 00:25:08,710 --> 00:25:12,750 But how do you rotate a structure that's fixed firmly to the ground? 327 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:15,710 The solution lies in an ancient innovation. 328 00:25:18,790 --> 00:25:25,130 In 1588, Italian engineer Agostino Ramelli published designs for over 100 329 00:25:25,130 --> 00:25:28,850 devices capable of pumping or raising water from wells. 330 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:34,070 And deep in his sketches, lies the solution to the wind problem faced by 331 00:25:34,070 --> 00:25:35,630 engineers at Chesterton Mill. 332 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:39,370 Oh, wow. 333 00:25:40,570 --> 00:25:41,630 Oh, this is great. 334 00:25:42,090 --> 00:25:46,710 So I'm now right at the top of the windmill structure, and over my head is 335 00:25:46,710 --> 00:25:51,410 cap. To get it operating in an optimal way, we need as much wind as possible, 336 00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:55,270 which means we need to rotate the cap towards the direction of wind. 337 00:25:55,650 --> 00:25:58,750 But that's not going to be easy because this is a massive, heavy wooden 338 00:25:58,750 --> 00:25:59,750 structure. 339 00:26:00,030 --> 00:26:04,990 Weighing a whopping eight tons, rotating the cap is only possible thanks to 340 00:26:04,990 --> 00:26:06,450 Ramelli's ingenious solution. 341 00:26:07,270 --> 00:26:12,590 So the way it works is there are two rings around the outside, one here 342 00:26:12,590 --> 00:26:17,110 to the cap on the roof and one attached to the mill, and in between are the 343 00:26:17,110 --> 00:26:21,010 rollers. So what this system allows is that the cap, which is circular, can 344 00:26:21,010 --> 00:26:23,470 rotate while the mill stays still. 345 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,660 Inside the cap, the giant wooden roller bearing connects into a system of gears 346 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:34,460 that allow the miller to manually rotate the position of the sails. 347 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,360 Ensuring no matter what direction the wind is blowing, the mill is always 348 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:40,960 operating at optimum speed. 349 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:48,400 Right, so let's give this a go. So if I turn this wind, it's going to turn the 350 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:54,040 gear system, transfer through here, and hopefully we'll turn this eight -ton 351 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,780 cap. above my head. 352 00:26:57,860 --> 00:27:04,780 Apparently, it takes about 20 minutes for someone stronger than me to 353 00:27:04,780 --> 00:27:06,240 turn the cap through 90 degrees. 354 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:08,640 I don't think I like that one. 355 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,600 I'm currently shifting eight tons with this. 356 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,560 Oh, it feels like it too. 357 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:23,880 Oh, there's no way I could have been a miller. 358 00:27:25,050 --> 00:27:29,010 Romelli's designs were instrumental to the development of the roller bearing. 359 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:35,730 An innovation that has helped shape the modern world. 360 00:27:38,170 --> 00:27:41,950 The roller bearing is an essential engineering component that most of us 361 00:27:41,950 --> 00:27:43,030 take for granted today. 362 00:27:43,230 --> 00:27:48,450 But it's used in manufacturing, in construction, in the energy sector. The 363 00:27:48,450 --> 00:27:51,830 around us will be a very different place without this ingenious component. 364 00:28:00,460 --> 00:28:05,460 From a 17th century mill to the biggest and most advanced ship crane in the 365 00:28:05,460 --> 00:28:08,340 world. The team behind Sleipnir. 366 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,500 This roller bearing is the biggest in the world. 367 00:28:11,780 --> 00:28:15,440 Will need to take Ramelli's idea and supersize it. 368 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,440 When you see it rotate for the first time, it's really impressive. 369 00:28:22,340 --> 00:28:27,940 17th century visionary Agostino Ramelli inspired the roller bearing system that 370 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:32,110 makes the remarkable rotating cranes on Hirama Sleipnir possible. 371 00:28:35,770 --> 00:28:40,770 On board the Sleipnir, Jori is getting up close to the world's largest 372 00:28:40,770 --> 00:28:43,270 incarnation of Ramelli's innovative technology. 373 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:51,250 So now we are inside the crane top, which is the connection piece of the 374 00:28:51,250 --> 00:28:52,350 to the crane. 375 00:28:52,830 --> 00:28:56,310 And next to us, we see the roller bearing. 376 00:28:57,180 --> 00:28:59,860 Yeah, which makes it possible for the crane to rotate. 377 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:09,220 This roller bearing is the biggest in the world and has a diameter of 30 378 00:29:11,180 --> 00:29:13,480 It's really a unique piece. 379 00:29:16,820 --> 00:29:22,040 So the whole roller bearing is built up from segments, and within the bearing 380 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,040 there are... 381 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:28,530 5000 small roller elements that make it possible for the crane to rotate. 382 00:29:32,150 --> 00:29:34,510 The bearing consists of two rings. 383 00:29:34,790 --> 00:29:39,290 The lower section is connected to the vessel, while the top is joined to the 384 00:29:39,290 --> 00:29:40,290 bottom of the crane. 385 00:29:40,350 --> 00:29:44,930 When the rollers are added, the system allows 360 degrees of rotation. 386 00:29:48,460 --> 00:29:53,380 In the past, on similar cranes, bogey wheels were used, where the crane 387 00:29:53,380 --> 00:29:54,960 on like a train track. 388 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,080 But that means that you will use a lot of steel and reinforcement. 389 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:05,420 So by going back to the roller bearing design and just expand the size, we made 390 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:11,000 it possible to rotate the whole crane, which weighs 9 ,000 tons, very smoothly 391 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,000 on the bearing. 392 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:14,820 And actually the crane can rotate within two minutes. 393 00:30:19,370 --> 00:30:23,830 By implementing the roller bearing system, the team has made it possible 394 00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:27,910 two main cranes on board to be able to lift more than they weigh. 395 00:30:29,190 --> 00:30:32,850 When you see it rotate for the first time, it's really impressive. 396 00:30:36,210 --> 00:30:41,510 Alongside the roller bearing, over 40 miles of steel rope allows the Sleipnir 397 00:30:41,510 --> 00:30:44,390 lift loads 420 feet into the air. 398 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,380 allowing giant structures to be built at sea faster than ever before. 399 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:59,220 And floating off the coast of Israel, Sleipnir recently attempted her toughest 400 00:30:59,220 --> 00:31:00,220 lift to date. 401 00:31:02,420 --> 00:31:09,400 After days of planning and positioning, a vast platform weighing a massive 16 402 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,240 ,860 tons was successfully raised. 403 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,300 And then moved into place. 404 00:31:25,340 --> 00:31:28,860 Setting a new world record for a floating crane lift. 405 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,900 That's incredible. You hear the engines. 406 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:39,980 You see the boom going up. 407 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,020 It's just amazing. 408 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:54,800 Engineers may have built the two most capable cranes at sea, but now they face 409 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,360 their most important challenge. 410 00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:00,020 Safety of the crew on board is the most important thing to us. 411 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:05,820 But keeping up to 400 crew members safe in these difficult conditions is a major 412 00:32:05,820 --> 00:32:06,820 challenge. 413 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:12,620 We are exposed to different risks. We work on a ship that moves. It's at sea, 414 00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:13,620 you can have bad weather. 415 00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:15,640 We lift very, very heavy things. 416 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,400 We work with heavy equipment. 417 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,260 We work with big cranes, so we are exposed to a lot of different risks that 418 00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:23,260 won't face on shore. 419 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,820 If we have to abandon ship, yeah, then we are faced with a big problem. 420 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:32,300 Because getting people off a ship at sea in an ocean is one of the more 421 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:33,300 difficult things there is. 422 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:40,240 It's a problem that's made much more difficult when your deck is situated 423 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,100 100 feet above the waterline. 424 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:48,230 Jumping in the water from this height of the ship, That's really a lost resort. 425 00:32:48,930 --> 00:32:50,530 The absolute lost resort. 426 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:57,170 So could a life -saving solution lie in the innovations of the past? 427 00:33:04,930 --> 00:33:11,690 Launching in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go! 428 00:33:15,150 --> 00:33:21,970 The Hirama Sleipnir, a billion -dollar heavy -lifting crane megaship, capable 429 00:33:21,970 --> 00:33:28,670 traversing the planet's oceans and lifting the equivalent of over 30 A380 430 00:33:28,670 --> 00:33:29,670 passenger jets. 431 00:33:30,690 --> 00:33:36,450 It takes up to 400 crew members to operate this monster vessel. And in the 432 00:33:36,450 --> 00:33:40,390 of a disaster at sea, they need a way to safely escape. 433 00:33:41,290 --> 00:33:47,110 But with the deck often situated up to 115 feet above the water, the usual 434 00:33:47,110 --> 00:33:49,390 lifeboat launch system isn't an option. 435 00:33:54,190 --> 00:34:00,990 In Cork, in the south of Ireland, deck 436 00:34:00,990 --> 00:34:05,290 officer Stephanie Hyde is discovering another mechanism that's been in use for 437 00:34:05,290 --> 00:34:06,430 over 100 years. 438 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,719 It offers an alternative to open -top lifeboats that are lowered mechanically. 439 00:34:13,940 --> 00:34:18,900 On a vessel as big as the Sleipnir, the time it takes to discharge a lifeboat 440 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,320 using a winch could be the difference between life and death. 441 00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:28,080 This type of escape system obviously works, but as ships and facilities got 442 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:32,800 larger and even more dangerous, engineers had to find a system that got 443 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,179 faster and farther away from danger. 444 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:38,679 Luckily, one man was working on a solution. 445 00:34:43,020 --> 00:34:48,940 In the 1960s, Dutch marine engineer Joost Verhoef designed an ingenious new 446 00:34:48,940 --> 00:34:50,880 system for saving lives at sea. 447 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,940 So this is what Verhoef came up with. 448 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:01,700 It's a fully enclosed, free -fall lifeboat. 449 00:35:03,530 --> 00:35:08,490 By opting for a gravity -powered launch, Verhoef's design was capable of getting 450 00:35:08,490 --> 00:35:10,730 people to safety faster than ever before. 451 00:35:11,350 --> 00:35:16,070 When the ship is at sea, this hook here is the only thing keeping the boat 452 00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:17,070 secure. 453 00:35:17,970 --> 00:35:23,870 Once the coxswain pulls the release handle, this hook will go up and release 454 00:35:23,870 --> 00:35:25,750 lifeboat into the sea and away from danger. 455 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:32,320 And by fully enclosing the boat, escaping crews were protected from fire 456 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:33,320 falling debris. 457 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:39,140 So this is the inside of a free -fall lifeboat. On my right -hand side here, 458 00:35:39,140 --> 00:35:44,000 have the coxswain seat, where he can start and stop the engine. It also has 459 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,720 own self -contained air system. 460 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,740 So in the event of the ship being on fire, we'll be able to breathe in fresh 461 00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:53,180 rather than any toxic gases or smoke. 462 00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:55,370 which may be coming from the outside environment. 463 00:35:55,830 --> 00:36:00,810 The great thing about this design of lifeboat is that it's much safer and 464 00:36:00,810 --> 00:36:01,810 much more efficient. 465 00:36:01,970 --> 00:36:06,270 As soon as you press the release handle, you're in the water and you're away 466 00:36:06,270 --> 00:36:07,430 from danger straight away. 467 00:36:08,330 --> 00:36:12,970 But this increased speed of launch creates a problem when the lifeboat 468 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:13,970 water. 469 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,120 When the coxswain is happy, he'll pull the lever and release the lifeboat, 470 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,980 will travel at a very high speed into the water. It is possible that it will 471 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:26,100 capsize, but there's a ballast system in it that will ensure it always rights 472 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,100 itself afterwards. 473 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,480 Situated in the hull of each boat, liquid -filled ballast tanks and 474 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,580 foam ensure that however the vessel hits the water, it always rights itself to 475 00:36:39,580 --> 00:36:40,580 the correct position. 476 00:36:45,550 --> 00:36:50,050 To understand the engineering brilliance behind Bear Hoof's design, Okay, I'm 477 00:36:50,050 --> 00:36:51,050 all strapped in. 478 00:36:51,530 --> 00:36:55,250 Stephanie is strapping in for a brief but extreme ride. 479 00:36:56,730 --> 00:36:57,870 I'm so nervous. 480 00:37:00,030 --> 00:37:02,290 The door is closed. 481 00:37:04,070 --> 00:37:05,930 So we're almost ready to go. 482 00:37:07,470 --> 00:37:13,550 Launching in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 483 00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:14,890 launch! 484 00:37:28,380 --> 00:37:30,760 Oh my God, that was unreal. 485 00:37:31,260 --> 00:37:33,340 We went fully under the water. 486 00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:38,680 We can now get away from danger really fast and safely. 487 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:44,560 You see, we're in seconds. We're about 100 metres away from the jetty already. 488 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:48,540 Much faster than if we were using the open lifeboat. 489 00:37:50,140 --> 00:37:52,640 It's tough. Can be used in all weather. 490 00:37:53,050 --> 00:37:55,570 And most importantly, it gets you out of danger quickly. 491 00:37:55,850 --> 00:37:57,230 That was so much fun. 492 00:37:57,470 --> 00:37:59,310 What an amazing piece of engineering. 493 00:38:11,630 --> 00:38:16,610 This pioneering lifeboat system has been in use on oil rigs and large merchant 494 00:38:16,610 --> 00:38:18,370 ships since the 1980s. 495 00:38:19,370 --> 00:38:21,350 But to outfit the Sleipnir... 496 00:38:22,380 --> 00:38:25,360 Of course, we hope that we never have to use these boats for real. 497 00:38:26,060 --> 00:38:29,360 Engineers will push Barehoof's innovation to its limit. 498 00:38:29,860 --> 00:38:32,920 There's no free -fall lifeboat that has been launched with people from this high 499 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:33,920 up. 500 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:40,340 Inspired by Dutch inventor Joost Barehoof, the free -fall lifeboat system 501 00:38:40,340 --> 00:38:44,780 board mega -crane Hirama Sleipnir is one of the most advanced in the world. 502 00:38:49,930 --> 00:38:55,010 Should Arjan and the crew need to abandon ship, a fleet of free -fall 503 00:38:55,010 --> 00:38:56,870 is ready to ensure their safety. 504 00:39:02,610 --> 00:39:08,050 We are here at lifeboat station 123, and what you see here are our free -fall 505 00:39:08,050 --> 00:39:11,970 lifeboats, our means of escape in case of an emergency. 506 00:39:15,830 --> 00:39:20,200 If we launch this lifeboat, With people inside, we would be breaking a world 507 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,920 record. Because no free -fall lifeboat has been launched with people from this 508 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,800 high up, which is about 55 meters at the moment. 509 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:35,080 Located above the deck, nine free -fall lifeboats with space for a total of 630 510 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,460 people are ready to launch 24 hours a day. 511 00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:46,200 Of course, we hope that we never have to use these boats for real. 512 00:39:46,730 --> 00:39:49,870 We only exercise with them. We don't want to use them in real life. 513 00:39:52,730 --> 00:39:56,370 Each lifeboat is equipped with the essentials to survive at sea. 514 00:39:57,710 --> 00:40:01,430 These lifeboats come equipped with quite a few things. 515 00:40:02,030 --> 00:40:03,070 There's water inside. 516 00:40:03,490 --> 00:40:04,550 There's food inside. 517 00:40:04,830 --> 00:40:06,450 There's also fishing tackle inside. 518 00:40:06,850 --> 00:40:10,370 There's means to rescue, to alert people. There's a radio. 519 00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:14,370 We have fuel for the boat for 24 hours, so we can sail actually. 520 00:40:15,070 --> 00:40:17,110 about 150 miles from location. 521 00:40:18,390 --> 00:40:23,710 I've never been on board in a free -fall lifeboat, but what I understand from 522 00:40:23,710 --> 00:40:26,990 those who have, it is quite a rollercoaster ride. 523 00:40:39,210 --> 00:40:42,290 It's a feat of engineering few thought possible. 524 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:48,900 Sleipnir for me is really a mind -blowing vessel. Seeing the cranes 525 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:50,880 I have designed makes me really proud. 526 00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:03,940 By looking to great pioneers of the past for inspiration, adapting their ideas, 527 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:10,480 refining their designs, and overcoming monumental challenges. 528 00:41:11,190 --> 00:41:16,470 I'm a naval architect, so you can imagine that building such a big vessel 529 00:41:16,470 --> 00:41:20,650 naval architect is like a once -in -a -lifetime dream. I'm really excited 530 00:41:20,650 --> 00:41:22,290 the whole thing we've done with Sleipnir. 531 00:41:24,210 --> 00:41:30,150 Engineers have constructed something radical and succeeded in making the 532 00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:33,230 impossible possible. 533 00:41:35,790 --> 00:41:37,830 It's the best feeling to be captain of a ship. 534 00:41:38,170 --> 00:41:40,330 I've wanted to do that since I was a little kid. 535 00:41:41,839 --> 00:41:45,280 For me, nothing compares to this one because this is my ship. 536 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:48,960 This is the one I was involved with. This is the one I helped build. 537 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,400 And this is the one I took on sea trials. 538 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,380 Yeah, that makes me really proud. 539 00:41:53,430 --> 00:41:57,980 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 50280

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