Buoyant rotatable marine transducer

A load reduction device for reducing or managing the load or tension in a mooring line securing a floating platform, the load reduction device comprising a buoyant rotatable marine transducer comprising a body adapted to assume a first orientation when at least partially submerged in a body of water and unloaded, in which a longitudinal axis of the body is disposed in a nominal orientation:

• first and second mooring connection points at least one of which comprises a rigid arm pivotally connected to the body;
• wherein the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point are positioned such that respective loads applied via the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point to the body acts off axis of the longitudinal axis;
• wherein the first and second mooring connection points are positioned opposed but longitudinally offset to one another and at least one of the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point is located intermediate a first end and a second end of the body such that the loads applied via the mooring connection points together act to effect rotation of the body.

A floating platform comprising at least one rotatable buoyant marine transducer, comprising a body adapted to assume a first orientation when at least partially submerged in a body of water and unloaded, in which a longitudinal axis of the body is disposed in a nominal orientation:

• first and second mooring connection points at least one of which comprises a rigid arm pivotally connected to the body:
• wherein the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point are positioned such that respective loads applied via the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point to the body acts off axis of the longitudinal axis;
• wherein the first and second mooring connection points are positioned opposed but longitudinally offset to one another and at least one of the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point is located intermediate a first end and a second end of the body such that the loads applied via the mooring connection points together act to effect rotation of the body, the rotatable buoyant marine transducer formed integrally, with the floating platform wherein the rotatable buoyant marine transducer is rotatably mounted to the platform at one of the first or second mooring connection points.

A sensor system comprising at least one rotatable buoyant marine transducer comprising a body adapted to assume a first orientation when at least partially submerged in a body of water and unloaded, in which a longitudinal axis of the body is disposed in a nominal orientation:

• first and second mooring connection points at least one of which comprises a rigid arm pivotally connected to the body;
• wherein the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point are positioned such that respective loads applied via the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point to the body acts off axis of the longitudinal axis;
• wherein the first and second mooring connection points are positioned opposed but longitudinally offset to one another and at least one of the first mooring connection point and the second mooring connection point is located intermediate a first end and a second end of the body such that the loads applied via the mooring connection points together act to effect rotation of the body.