A LARGE boat has been making waves at Pwllheli marina.

Visitors to the marina last weekend will not have failed to have noticed MV Excalibur, a 62-foot boat moored on site.

MV Excalibur is part of the fleet of windfarm personnel transfer vessels owned and operated throughout the UK by North Sea Logistics.

Primarily based in Mostyn Dock, NSL chose to bring Excalibur round to Pwllheli so that Harbour Marine can perform essential work on one of the ship’s huge engines.

This will be a two-week project and has involved careful removal of the starboard engine in order that it can be re-built, the piston liner seals replaced and Excalibur can get back to work as soon as possible.

The facilities and support services available in Pwllheli made Hafan Pwllheli the ideal location for performing this work, in a week where the future of the maritime facility is shrouded in mystery.

Last week Gwynedd Council discussed whether the marina could be leased out to a private investor in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the complex.

But until a concrete plan is in place, it is business as usual.

The engineers at Harbour Marine Engineering Services regularly work on the NSL fleet at their different locations around the UK.

“We usually visit the windfarm vessels in situ, wherever they may be, and carry out essential works and repairs in order to minimise any downtime,” said Rob Walker, managing director of Harbour Marine Engineering Services.

“With a job of this size, however, we needed to bring Excalibur to Pwllheli which is a great opportunity to demonstrate to an organisation the size of NSL just how good the facilities are here.”

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