Access to the water.
Published on May 13, 2020 “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” This very […]
Author: Bernard
Yacht etiquette (part 1)
Published on May 20, 2020 Etiquette for yachts, and other boats too for that matter, is a long, complicated and sometimes controversial subject. It affects many parts of the life […]
Classic yacht tenders
Published on June 3, 2020 I have started a previous article by pointing out that the use people made of “luxury yachts” in the roaring twenties is fundamentally different from […]
Choice of a classic tender
Published on June 11, 2020 It is very easy to take a shortcut and propose a nice Riva Ariston or some pretty and well known similar craft for a classic […]
Large classic sailing yachts.
Published on June 18, 2020 Seriously? Classic sailing yacht are single decked small affairs. When they are not exclusively used for racing, they tend to be converted fishing smacks and […]
Fairing and gloss paint for a classic?
Published on October 8, 2020 Over the last years, I have been offered many times ceramic treatment to restore the gloss on our ship. That tells me that some people […]
The exotic bow of SS Delphine. (Form vs Function)
Published on November 23, 2020 The ram bow became popular in the second half of the XIX° century. It fitted nicely with the tumblehome of the first heavy cruisers and […]
The mini ISM soup.
Breaking the Deadlock One of the principles I use when planning ship’s administration is: “Help the surveyor help you”. That means that the certificate file is sorted in the order […]
What’s in a name?
Why “The VV team” ? The name of our senior partner, Vivegnis, comes from “les Vi Vegnes” meaning “the old vines” in the Walloon language. Vivegnis is also a village […]
Centennial
The largest active steam yacht turns 100 years old.Passionate as we are about classics, we could not ignore this milestone.