Moving a vessel in the twilight zone.
Breaking the deadlock In previous articles, we have looked into the main issues of a yacht conversion and how to assess a donor vessel. (see links below) Now the vessel […]
Breaking the Deadlock
Comments and clarifications on potentially controversial subjects.
Tugs 4 Yachts
Breaking the Deadlock: When we rebuilt “Legend” with Jan Verkerk, we brainstormed about the idea to change her machinery to Diesel electric. Eventually, the idea was abandoned for the sake […]
Hull shape and speed.
Breaking the Deadlock: If you have to ask how much fuel she burns, you can’t afford her, to paraphrase the mythical J.P. Morgan quote, or why are modern yachts so […]
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 […]
Cyber Security vs Cyber Safety?
Breaking the Deadlock: When Cyber Security regulations came on the floor, I couldn’t help wondering which industry stakeholder had put enough pressure on IMO for something like that to happen, […]
Solving the Boat Equation
Breaking the Deadlock A boat, any boat, is always a compromise. I have showed recently how that affects classics of similar length such as The Krupp yacht “Reveler” and the […]
How independent are your internal audits?
Breaking the Deadlock: In our yachting world, we pride ourselves in our short communication lines, optimised collaboration at all levels and utmost reactivity. To achieve that, operators work in very […]
Wings or no wings?
Breaking the Deadlock: Exploration ships and the Polar Code. Following some comments on the launch of the first Damen SeaXplorer, let’s have a look at what exactly you should be […]
SOLAS and other animals.
(Breaking the Deadlock series.) In our industry, we often hear people talking about specific yacht certifications (LY3, PYC etc…) as opposed to SOLAS, the latter being considered as the certification […]
The case of the Local Boat
By “local boats”, I mean a boat or ship, built in a particular country, flying the flag of that country, and operated exclusively within the waters of that country. The […]