This Arronet 20 5 cs aluminum boat is 6.4 m long, 2.4 wide, and weighs about 1.8-1.9 ton with all geophysical equipment onboard. R/V Skidbladner has a Honda 150 Hp outboard motor and is equipped with a Garmin 7012 GPS-navigation plotter, radar system, AES, and radio. The fuel is 95 octane unleaded standard gasoline and the tank is 157 liter. The vessel is used for high resolution mapping (see field equipment and workshop) of lakes and coastal marine environments. All equipment are supplied with electricity from a Honda 20i generator providing 2 kW.

IGVs R-V Skidbladner. Photo: Björn Eriksson
Launching of Skidbladner from Oden. Photo: Björn Eriksson
IGVs R-V_Skidbladner
Skidbladner survey in the Chukchi sea. The multibeam echo sounder mounted in the bow is used to map the sea floor. Photo: Magnus Augner
Skidbladner. Photo: Bjorn Eriksson
Skidbladner returning to home base Oden. Photo: Björn Eriksson