A Pacific Pilotage Authority pilot boat heading out from Ogden Point toward CS Wave Venture, anchored off Royal Roads during the cruise ship season.
Wave Venture winters at the Victoria Cruise Ship Terminal Pier A. Pier A also houses a 9,290-square-metre (100,000 sq ft) warehouse, complete with cable ship spooling apparatus and cable storage facility.
- Built: 1982
- Gross Tonnage: 10076
- Deadweight: 5000 t
- Length: 141.5m
- Breadth: 19.41m
- Engine: 1 x MAK Type 12 M453-600RPM 3600 kw
- Main Auxiliary: 3 x Wartsila Type 9L20C Diesel 1530 kW @ 900 rpm
- Auxiliary Generators: 3 x Caterpilar 3516 TA/SR4 Rating – 1511 kW @ 1800 rpm
- Propellers: 1 Controllable Pitch Propeller
- Thrusters:
- 2 x Aquamaster azimuth Type US 1401 Each 1100kW
- 1 x Forward Tunnel – Brunvoll Type FU-80, 1350 kW
- 1 x Forward Tunnel – Brunvoll Type FU-63, 700 kW
- 1 x Forward Tunnel – Brunvoll Type SAX-VP, 590 kW
- Fuel Consumptions:
- Alongside: 2.7 tonnes/day
- Cablework: 16 tonnes/day
- Economic: 16 tonnes/day
- Maximum Speed: 26 tonnes/day
- Bunker Capacity: 733 tonnes @ SG 0.84
- Cable Tanks:
- Main Cable Tanks: 3 Internal Diameter: 14.40m
- Cone Outer Diameter: 2.00m
- Tank Height: 3.50m Cone Height: 3.10m
- Volume of Cable Tanks: 400 cubic metres
- Maximum Load per Tank: 798 tonnes
- Tank Top Loading: 5 tonnes/square metre
- Endurance: 40 days at sea
- Speed Service Speed: 12.5 Knots
- Accommodation : Officer Cabins: 28 Crew Cabins: 4 x Single 15 x Double