Marine & mechanical engineering consultancy · UK
Wulfmarine supports marine, offshore and industrial teams with mechanical design, 3D CAD and fabrication drawings. I work as an extension of your in-house team, adding capacity and specialist experience whenever a project needs it.
Wulfmarine provides engineering resource to companies looking to add capacity and specialist experience to their projects. My experience spans offshore wind, passenger ferries, superyachts, UK and US military vessels, uncrewed surface vessels and ROVs, alongside general mechanical engineering.
You deal directly with the engineer doing the work: Glenn Waterman, a mechanical engineer with 16 years' experience across marine and other highly regulated engineering fields.
Work with me →Experience across
Gangways, boarding ladders and access platforms for service operation vessels.
Life extension and refit engineering for passenger and vehicle ferries.
Refit and systems engineering on large motor and explorer yachts.
Engineering support on UK and US military vessels.
Uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
Mechanical design and drawing support for industrial and manufacturing clients.
Selected work
Fabrication drawings for replacement bunker and day fuel tanks, as part of a life extension programme to keep a passenger ferry in service for years to come. Working from the existing drawing set, I developed and revised the tank drawings in CAD so the yard could fabricate and install them with confidence, managing each revision through client review.
Optioneering for an adjustable boarding platform on a service operation vessel, giving crew a safe step across to transfer vessels at a range of bow heights. Following a site survey, I developed several concepts, including electric screw-jack, rack-and-pinion, luffing and scissor-lift arrangements, and set out a recommended option in a technical summary for the client.
Design review and improvement of an existing boarding ladder and gangway on a service operation vessel. The original hydraulic lifting arrangement had known reliability issues, so I assessed the mechanism, explored alternatives including a winch-driven option, and proposed practical design improvements in a summary technical note to help the client choose the best way forward.
Refit engineering on a large UK military vessel, reverse engineering ageing and deteriorating pipework ahead of replacement. Using 3D scan data captured on board, I rebuilt the existing pipe runs as accurate 3D models and produced a full drawing pack for each affected compartment, giving the yard everything needed to fabricate and fit the new pipework.
Refit engineering on an 82m superyacht, working with a large UK-based naval architecture firm. With the vessel being lengthened and given a new hull shape, I assessed the impact on the existing systems and identified locations for the new and improved systems on board, including modified stabilisers and bow thruster tunnels.
Systems engineering on a 65m explorer yacht, covering mechanical system design and full 3D pipework routing. I designed and routed the fresh water and fuel systems throughout the vessel, coordinating runs around structure, equipment and other services to produce a clean, buildable layout that made installation straightforward for the yard.
Services
Got an idea that needs turning into something real? I'll take it from a rough concept all the way through to a finished, buildable design, and I'm still around after delivery if changes or questions come up. Whatever the size of the job, it's done to your brief, your standards and your timescales.
I like to explore a few options early, so we can settle on the right direction before too much time is spent. From there I'll build out fully detailed parts and assemblies, complete with BOMs and cut parts ready for manufacture. I'm comfortable across multiple CAD packages, so I'll work in whatever your team already uses.
Good drawings save time and money once things get built. I produce everything from general arrangements down to assembly, detail and fabrication drawings, laid out clearly so they can be built from with confidence, and kept under proper revision control as the design evolves.
Sometimes there's simply more work than people. Whether it's a busy spell, a tight deadline or a package nobody has time for, I can step in quickly, work the way your team works and take it off your hands with minimal fuss.
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Tell me about the project, the deadline and what you need, and I'll come back to you quickly.