The Oasis of the Seas is the largest passenger ship in the world with a gross tonnage of 225,282 and room for more than 5,400 passengers. Not surprising, it creates a huge bow wave when sailing the seas and encounters waves of more than 60 ft when crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

When wave action began damaging the forward pair of port and starboard lifeboats, it was decided to install wave-deflecting sponsons to protect them. Sponsons are projections from the sides of watercraft that provide protection or stability. The metrologists at 3Space Measurement Specialists were responsible for measuring and defining the complex shape of the hull in the area just forward of the first lifeboat station so that the sponson could then be designed and fabricated.

The Oasis of the Seas is the largest passenger ship in the world.

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