Thanks to all who have mentioned (politely) that we are having an issue with the audio in the last couple of videos. We are dealing with it and think we have found the issue but purchased some new equipment including a new mic anyway so hopefully we won't have this issue in future.
@The Yacht Report There is still a delay between the stereo channels and now even some gain distortion... Its not only on headphones... also on studio speakers... Sounds like some cheap surround effect or some wrong gain settings on the mic. Make sure only recording your voice in mono and then render (encode) in stereo not some weird sourround (mulli channel). If you use plugins for your voice or the sum, just use a compressor on the mic. cheers.
The valuable lesson is ensuring that one of your crew is dive-qualified and able to carry out repairs or clear a fouled line whilst underway. I've done this for a yacht that was coming into port. It was a very old wooden yacht which used a towed log. The line fouled the prop and rudder leaving the vessel unable to dock. I went over the side at short notice without any glasses or snorkel in freezing weather and by touch alone managed to clear the prop and rudder. I received a very warm shower on a luxury yacht to make up for it.
We’ve done that with crab trap lines fouling our prop but captain wouldn’t go over for sea grass fouling it & got towed to his chagrin 🤦♀️ I’m just the first mate 🤷♀️ he doesn’t listen to those lesser than him
Couldn't agree more. As an ex RN Clearance Diving Officer I did all the underwater maintenance in the superyachts I was either Mate or Captain of. Removing lines from props, bowthrusters, fitting and removing blanks so that hull-valves could be maintained, cleaning props and recovering objects that have fallen overboard.
@@byteme9718 Why? If you are qualified, serviced and maintained kit being provided, and you are employed and insured by the ship, why are you refusing? I think, I, as Captain, would find a more committed crew member.
@eSysman - your audio sounds a bit off lately when in stereo headphones. Perhaps you are using a Mid-Side microphone encoding straight to left and right channels without previous stereo decoding.
It's incredible how many skippers will turn their noses up at Polypropylene or Polyethylene 'cheap' rope because it is cheap, not very flexible and some what stretchy .... which is PERFECT for towing as it has 'give' and most importantly IT FLOATS !!!!!!!
Leaving port with a dodgy towline, then getting in a pickle underway, etc. I'd like to hear the creative excuses for that, before issuing marching orders.
Serrated blades - it is why Emergency rescue teams are equipped with serrated blades for cutting seat belts that jam, tie downs, ropes at accident scenes. Spyderco is a good example.
My wife watches you channel amd makes me explain things to her. She is not a water or boat person, but for some reason, she ❤'s your content and is fascinated by it.
Hi eSysman, I started following your channel with Bayesian. I'm astonished at the superyacht industry. I sailed a dinghy, progressed up to a decent sailing yacht, but these know nothing billionaires don't even sail the passages. They take an airplane. The Bayesian tragedy shines a horrible light on "Humanity" 😢
The captain was aware of the damage to the tow line but hoped that the line would make it to the destination. Oops. We used to say ‘Hope is not a method.’ Also love the part where the captain jumped in to free the fouled props with a knife from the galley. Somebody tell me just what kind of crew this is!
Is it naive that I am surprised that the captain chose to gamble on the tow line like that?? The potential for damage and loss is so great, and there's no way to know how likely the tow line is to break... Seems like a pretty reckless decision, and reckless isn't usually a word used to describe captains.
Thanks! Nicely covered as always. I do have a couple remarks about the NYT article: They broadly validate your analysis of the sinking overall and of the technical aspects in particular, with nearly 100% overlap in sourcing. Methinks the media may be paying attention to this channel. I thought they did a good job of addressing those two doors from the sunken deck on either side of the mast. I know you mentioned those, but seeing them in a deck plan really made it click for me. I also think they did a good job of highlighting the impact of the added ballast and reduced freeboard on the downflooding angle. The fact that they added ballast aft of the keel in an attempt to "balance" the mast was new to me and very interesting. From my understanding (from way back in engineering school) of dynamics that seems very bad, since it will tend to couple pitching/yawing and heeling moments -- as the boat heels the center of buoyancy will move ahead of the center of the righting moment, causing the boat to pitch and/or yaw (some of each if I'm thinking this through correctly). That in turn could exacerbate the downflooding issues. Regardless of how they might have identified the sources for their article I think that it's good to see an outlet with broad reach effectively taking up the crew's cause and countering ISG's propaganda.
What would possess a Captain to tempt fate by leaving port fully aware of an already damaged towline? I have never considered "hope" a very good strategy.
@YachtReport You should cover the green LED in your microphone with some tape as it leaves an ugly green spot on your face. Beside that... thanks a lot for your great content which I watch already since a few years. Cheers from Germany.
If i would buy or design a superyacht, redundancy on safety issues would be number one. Fire suppression, watertight bulkheads and pumps, and issues like linecutters on props. And every system should have 2 or 3 backups.
As a previous captain/crew w/~150 K nm at sea including `~ 25trips from the NE and SE Atlantic seaboard to the Carribean or back; towing a boat in the open ocean for that distance seems very ill-advised
A lot of yachts do it all the time, if they have a tender too big (or when a charter requires an extra one) to fit or lift on deck, as stated in the video. We towed an extra one from Antibes to Venice and back once. Fortunately we'd rented it: averaged 22 knots en route, behind a 47m sailing yacht..
@@charlielancaster1881 I'm aware. Imo dragging a tender "around" Italy is very different than off the coast of Nr Amer. or many places in the open ocean. I spent time in the Med, including the area you mentioned and sailed off the coast of Portugal once or twice a week for ~year doing oceanographic research on a sailing yacht which necessitated the use of an inflatable sometimes in modestly tough conditions.
We installed cutters on our props, a 47 meter yacht, to avoid the type incident M/Y Victoria? Had, however I agree not the best choice to “ hope” the tender line would make it. Lots of stress on a tow line!
I first saw your videos because of the Bayesian, but who would have thought the world of mega yachts and the rich 'people' who own them would be so exciting. How are these boats, worth more than many small countries, even able to sink?
Its worse than that...hired for how they look, not what they can do or have done. Doetyevsky's comment - " It is amazing how complete the delusion is, amongst men, that beauty is equal to goodness" Same applies to competence...
In my opinion there's no excuse for a professional crew to have allowed that line to foul the props. As long as the towing vessel has some forward way the line should trail and easily be pulled in before it could wrap around the props. Unless there was some other odd physics involved I don't see how that should happen.
Yep sounds like they chucked a uey to go after the tender and the sharp turn allowed the rope to wrap around the props. Doesn’t sound like a decision of an experienced captain though does it.
Regarding Lady Victoria -- Once again the adage about billionaires is confirmed --"A billionaire doesn't become a billionaire buy spending money." I just can't imagine leaving port to the open Atlantic with a tow rope that's not up to the job. My guess is that move was made to save about $200 to $300. Well played owner and captain!
Hat's off to that Captain, I'm sure he would have had people onboard he could have asked to try and free the prop(s) Not sure if he was using SCUBA or not, but anyone who has ever done any 'work' underwater knows how strenuous and difficult that work can be. I was diving in the (Egyptian) Red Sea on a 'liveaboard' with a Swiss Captain... in the '90's I got the impression he wasn't particularly ' well liked' by the locals...but that didn't stop an Egyptian Captain seeking his help to free the lines entangled in his prop....I guess respect, and need overrides any other 'stuff' that might get in the way.
I cleared the prop somewhat on our liveaboard diveboat last season upon returning from a dive at Richelieu Rock. It was a nylon rope that by then had melted into a bloody hard nylon mass and I really effed up my dive knife by trying to cut this shite. The article about the Baesian sinking says exactly what I've been thinking from the beginning. All the vent holes on the side of that yacht would start to take in water already at about a 45-50 degree lean. If you design a yacht with vent holes positioned like that, there should be a mechanism that automatically closes and seals the holes on that side of the hull. The builder/designer, who was so quick to blame the crew, is clearly at fault.
Great knives save lives! I believe.I have been in similar situation on a 164 PN and the salvage tender was always in question. Could of used SeaTow for introduction pricing for tow. Love your work. AF
one million dollars to send a tug to tow a boat from Myrtle Beach to Charleston. That's only 100 miles. I'm in the wrong business, I need to buy a tug boat.
Question: If you are towing a tender, does that tender count towards lifeboat" capacity or must the yacht have sufficient capacity on-board? Question: of a tow line breaks while moving, wouldn't the ship's movement and prop wash keep the tow line extended and towards surface or would it instantly be pulled down into the propellor(s)? If the ship had immediatly stopped the engines and retreived the tow line, would that have avoided fouling, or was it inevitable ?
I was in Muscat a few months ago. I looked for any recognizable Super Yacht but the only notable one was the Omani government owned cruise ship that looks like it stayed there for most of the time. As for the rope fouling the props, it still amazes me how people in charge in that industry can be lacking so much common sense. That was something that is very basic to understand for most anyone, let alone a boatload of professionals.
Surely a super yacht would have rope cutters on each prop when it gets built ? Max 3k us per cutter? Sure saves issues like this. I skipperd 90ft work boat it could cut 50mm rope like butter. My mates H28 has a cutter. Guess practical stuff dosent figure for rich folk.
This can’t be real , as a retired captain and on the water for 70 years : hope it doesn’t break is not a strategy; but deciding to Not have a second security line slack attached is just stupid ; as soon as a tow line breaks Engines all Stop ; yes I know your report is true but I keep getting amazed by Captains making. Rookie mistakes.
RE: Loon. I think the opposition to naming the owner, Craig Leipold, a huge, powerful Republican, might be politically motivated. Not wanting those who oppose his politics to decline to charter or even buy the boat. It is, as you said common knowledge that he owns Loon and his political right Republicanism. No doubt many would find this a positive.
You may have mentioned this in other videos, but it seems like there are more and more vessel fires. Is it a case of better reporting, or are more things going wrong?
More-money-than-brains is the usual situation with mega-yacht owners. Often enough did not gain wealth by smarts but by being a weasel of some sort. Soooooo... they tend to think they can con Mother Nature, Father Physics and King Neptune, too. And they pressure the crew who are already the type to fold to money or they would not take a job as a servant. Never a surprise when these marina queens have problems underway. They are meant to show off not to sail. Tie them up and leave them there. Or so it seems to me... former USCG, many moons ago.
When I purchase my first fully crewed superyacht (minimum 500 gross tonnes), I will be making the announcement on eSysman's Yacht Report. Until that day arrives, I will make do with my owner operated 14ft aluminum skiff.
Love your channel. This is the second vid with terrible audio. Is there something wrong? Sounds like your stereo recording is out of phase. You need to look into this.
Thanks to all who have mentioned (politely) that we are having an issue with the audio in the last couple of videos. We are dealing with it and think we have found the issue but purchased some new equipment including a new mic anyway so hopefully we won't have this issue in future.
@The Yacht Report There is still a delay between the stereo channels and now even some gain distortion... Its not only on headphones... also on studio speakers... Sounds like some cheap surround effect or some wrong gain settings on the mic. Make sure only recording your voice in mono and then render (encode) in stereo not some weird sourround (mulli channel). If you use plugins for your voice or the sum, just use a compressor on the mic.
cheers.
I love getting these videos - if only the rest of the news could be this reliable
The valuable lesson is ensuring that one of your crew is dive-qualified and able to carry out repairs or clear a fouled line whilst underway. I've done this for a yacht that was coming into port. It was a very old wooden yacht which used a towed log. The line fouled the prop and rudder leaving the vessel unable to dock. I went over the side at short notice without any glasses or snorkel in freezing weather and by touch alone managed to clear the prop and rudder. I received a very warm shower on a luxury yacht to make up for it.
F that. As someone dive qualified, as an employee, that would be a no.
We’ve done that with crab trap lines fouling our prop but captain wouldn’t go over for sea grass fouling it & got towed to his chagrin 🤦♀️ I’m just the first mate 🤷♀️ he doesn’t listen to those lesser than him
Couldn't agree more. As an ex RN Clearance Diving Officer I did all the underwater maintenance in the superyachts I was either Mate or Captain of. Removing lines from props, bowthrusters, fitting and removing blanks so that hull-valves could be maintained, cleaning props and recovering objects that have fallen overboard.
@@csjrogerson2377 On the fly with no gear and no plan?
@@byteme9718 Why? If you are qualified, serviced and maintained kit being provided, and you are employed and insured by the ship, why are you refusing? I think, I, as Captain, would find a more committed crew member.
@eSysman - your audio sounds a bit off lately when in stereo headphones. Perhaps you are using a Mid-Side microphone encoding straight to left and right channels without previous stereo decoding.
I've noticed that also. It now has a tinny echo-like sound. Not the same as before.
It's incredible how many skippers will turn their noses up at Polypropylene or Polyethylene 'cheap' rope because it is cheap, not very flexible and some what stretchy .... which is PERFECT for towing as it has 'give' and most importantly IT FLOATS !!!!!!!
Leaving port with a dodgy towline, then getting in a pickle underway, etc. I'd like to hear the creative excuses for that, before issuing marching orders.
@@Tomm9y
Surely such a vessel would surely have have sufficient warps to serve as a painter, one would think.
Is it just me or has the sound quality been very odd in recent videos?
Not just you. It sounds a bit distant with a slight echo?🤷
Yeah, it sounds like there is a severe delay between channels, making it sound both panned and having a "widening" effect somehow.
Yep agreed, it's been sounding odd for the last few videos
Oh good...I'm old. I thought maybe it was the beginning of a stroke!
@@robertvalet2079 I'm getting on a bit myself. 60 next year. I thought my hearing was going 😆🤷
Bread knife is best line cutter . . . Ask me how I know
; - )
😂..How do you know?
That's right.. a serrated blade is usually much better with cord/line/rope.
Serrated blades - it is why Emergency rescue teams are equipped with serrated blades for cutting seat belts that jam, tie downs, ropes at accident scenes. Spyderco is a good example.
Yes, I buy cheap ones 3 at a time, clearing props almost a nightly occurrence in the Malacca Straits.
My wife watches you channel amd makes me explain things to her. She is not a water or boat person, but for some reason, she ❤'s your content and is fascinated by it.
Another fine report eSysman. Thank you sir.
Hi eSysman, I started following your channel with Bayesian. I'm astonished at the superyacht industry. I sailed a dinghy, progressed up to a decent sailing yacht, but these know nothing billionaires don't even sail the passages. They take an airplane. The Bayesian tragedy shines a horrible light on "Humanity" 😢
The captain was aware of the damage to the tow line but hoped that the line would make it to the destination. Oops. We used to say ‘Hope is not a method.’ Also love the part where the captain jumped in to free the fouled props with a knife from the galley. Somebody tell me just what kind of crew this is!
Why when the tow line broke why didnt they stop and haul it in, how long would that take?
Perhaps no one was keeping watch on it at that moment and they didn't notice right away!
@@festerofest4374sounding like the got tangled trying to get the tender back
@@johngibson3837 Maybe the watch keeper stuck the boat in reverse when it broke.
Captain clenching knife in teeth, "Hold my beer !!".😬
Is it naive that I am surprised that the captain chose to gamble on the tow line like that?? The potential for damage and loss is so great, and there's no way to know how likely the tow line is to break... Seems like a pretty reckless decision, and reckless isn't usually a word used to describe captains.
Thanks! Nicely covered as always.
I do have a couple remarks about the NYT article: They broadly validate your analysis of the sinking overall and of the technical aspects in particular, with nearly 100% overlap in sourcing. Methinks the media may be paying attention to this channel. I thought they did a good job of addressing those two doors from the sunken deck on either side of the mast. I know you mentioned those, but seeing them in a deck plan really made it click for me. I also think they did a good job of highlighting the impact of the added ballast and reduced freeboard on the downflooding angle.
The fact that they added ballast aft of the keel in an attempt to "balance" the mast was new to me and very interesting. From my understanding (from way back in engineering school) of dynamics that seems very bad, since it will tend to couple pitching/yawing and heeling moments -- as the boat heels the center of buoyancy will move ahead of the center of the righting moment, causing the boat to pitch and/or yaw (some of each if I'm thinking this through correctly). That in turn could exacerbate the downflooding issues.
Regardless of how they might have identified the sources for their article I think that it's good to see an outlet with broad reach effectively taking up the crew's cause and countering ISG's propaganda.
What would possess a Captain to tempt fate by leaving port fully aware of an already damaged towline? I have never considered "hope" a very good strategy.
whiney owners?
I am boarding at the destination on Tuesday morning at 9:00am sharp or you're fired.
I think being a wreck salvage worker would be awesome. I have never dived, welded or lived near an ocean. I just think it would be Kool
a gazillion dollar yacht but let's use the damaged tow line. brill
@YachtReport You should cover the green LED in your microphone with some tape as it leaves an ugly green spot on your face.
Beside that... thanks a lot for your great content which I watch already since a few years.
Cheers from Germany.
If i would buy or design a superyacht, redundancy on safety issues would be number one. Fire suppression, watertight bulkheads and pumps, and issues like linecutters on props. And every system should have 2 or 3 backups.
As a previous captain/crew w/~150 K nm at sea including `~ 25trips from the NE and SE Atlantic seaboard to the Carribean or back; towing a boat in the open ocean for that distance seems very ill-advised
A lot of yachts do it all the time, if they have a tender too big (or when a charter requires an extra one) to fit or lift on deck, as stated in the video. We towed an extra one from Antibes to Venice and back once. Fortunately we'd rented it: averaged 22 knots en route, behind a 47m sailing yacht..
@@charlielancaster1881 I'm aware. Imo dragging a tender "around" Italy is very different than off the coast of Nr Amer. or many places in the open ocean. I spent time in the Med, including the area you mentioned and sailed off the coast of Portugal once or twice a week for ~year doing oceanographic research on a sailing yacht which necessitated the use of an inflatable sometimes in modestly tough conditions.
The tender towline won't be a problem if it is made of propylene and therefore floats.
I run a marina and we do not allow polypropelene lines for a good reason...😊
We installed cutters on our props, a 47 meter yacht, to avoid the type incident M/Y Victoria? Had, however I agree not the best choice to “ hope” the tender line would make it. Lots of stress on a tow line!
Thanks for the information you've given on this video. Yes that's actually pretty quick resurfacing the yacht that sank in August. Cheers
Broken line? When it rains it pours. Valuable lesson: have the captain become more proficient to free the propellers of fouled lines.
Lady Vic prop fouling - For once the captain should be the *first* off the boat. 😁
I first saw your videos because of the Bayesian, but who would have thought the world of mega yachts and the rich 'people' who own them would be so exciting. How are these boats, worth more than many small countries, even able to sink?
Happy Monday
Thank you eSysman for the update video........
Old F-4 Shoe🇺🇸
Captain’s competency is in play…
Yachting is getting so dangerous with all the inexperienced captains and crew.
Market is flooded with green crew.
Its worse than that...hired for how they look, not what they can do or have done.
Doetyevsky's comment - " It is amazing how complete the delusion is, amongst men, that beauty is equal to goodness"
Same applies to competence...
That should be a wake up call when you think "hoping it will be OK"
As a commercial mariner myself I am drawn to your collection in your back drop. Riva top shelf?
Porsche next shelf?😊
In my opinion there's no excuse for a professional crew to have allowed that line to foul the props. As long as the towing vessel has some forward way the line should trail and easily be pulled in before it could wrap around the props. Unless there was some other odd physics involved I don't see how that should happen.
Agree but sounds like the chased after the tender
Yep sounds like they chucked a uey to go after the tender and the sharp turn allowed the rope to wrap around the props. Doesn’t sound like a decision of an experienced captain though does it.
@@foxxster3565 wonder if it would show up on AIS. I say chuck a uey as well though have never spelt it
Just wayching the brand new MY Ilma coming into Funchal
Nicely done,,thanks for sharing,,😊
Gutsy captain!
Regarding Lady Victoria -- Once again the adage about billionaires is confirmed --"A billionaire doesn't become a billionaire buy spending money." I just can't imagine leaving port to the open Atlantic with a tow rope that's not up to the job. My guess is that move was made to save about $200 to $300. Well played owner and captain!
Mate a piece of string for towing a boat costs a lot more than that, just the ropes certificate would be way more
Hat's off to that Captain, I'm sure he would have had people onboard he could have asked to try and free the prop(s) Not sure if he was using SCUBA or not, but anyone who has ever done any 'work' underwater knows how strenuous and difficult that work can be. I was diving in the (Egyptian) Red Sea on a 'liveaboard' with a Swiss Captain... in the '90's I got the impression he wasn't particularly ' well liked' by the locals...but that didn't stop an Egyptian Captain seeking his help to free the lines entangled in his prop....I guess respect, and need overrides any other 'stuff' that might get in the way.
The sound quality is not the best it seems to be over amplified. Love your show keep up the good reporting.
I cleared the prop somewhat on our liveaboard diveboat last season upon returning from a dive at Richelieu Rock. It was a nylon rope that by then had melted into a bloody hard nylon mass and I really effed up my dive knife by trying to cut this shite.
The article about the Baesian sinking says exactly what I've been thinking from the beginning. All the vent holes on the side of that yacht would start to take in water already at about a 45-50 degree lean. If you design a yacht with vent holes positioned like that, there should be a mechanism that automatically closes and seals the holes on that side of the hull. The builder/designer, who was so quick to blame the crew, is clearly at fault.
Great job, as always. Thanks for continuing to bring us great content. Thanks for sharing.
Great knives save lives! I believe.I have been in similar situation on a 164 PN and the salvage tender was always in question. Could of used SeaTow for introduction pricing for tow. Love your work. AF
Please fix your audio! It sounds horrible on mono speakers!
Stereo is not better
one million dollars to send a tug to tow a boat from Myrtle Beach to Charleston. That's only 100 miles. I'm in the wrong business, I need to buy a tug boat.
Question: If you are towing a tender, does that tender count towards lifeboat" capacity or must the yacht have sufficient capacity on-board?
Question: of a tow line breaks while moving, wouldn't the ship's movement and prop wash keep the tow line extended and towards surface or would it instantly be pulled down into the propellor(s)? If the ship had immediatly stopped the engines and retreived the tow line, would that have avoided fouling, or was it inevitable ?
The only ting that sank the "nsinkable" yacht is greed.
Use polypropylene line that FLOATS if it parts.
Bottom line. Capt messed up.
Sir, this is a classy informative channel! ❤❤
I was in Muscat a few months ago. I looked for any recognizable Super Yacht but the only notable one was the Omani government owned cruise ship that looks like it stayed there for most of the time.
As for the rope fouling the props, it still amazes me how people in charge in that industry can be lacking so much common sense. That was something that is very basic to understand for most anyone, let alone a boatload of professionals.
Surely a super yacht would have rope cutters on each prop when it gets built ?
Max 3k us per cutter?
Sure saves issues like this.
I skipperd 90ft work boat it could cut 50mm rope like butter.
My mates H28 has a cutter.
Guess practical stuff dosent figure for rich folk.
They would have something to prevent ropes fouling from he forward part of the prop, but nothing from the back...
Well, the Captain came through in the end.
Well that's one way to extinguish the flames!
I don't comment incase I enbarras myself 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
Best comment I’ve read today. Maybe the entire year.
See what happens when you break your own rules? lol
Another awesome report.
Valuable lesson: Incompetent Seamen Need Not Apply. Insurance company should deny claim AND raise their rates!
audio is dreadful mate
1 million dollars. That is what everyone in the USA has to deal with. Greed from every direction.
🙋♂️🤗THANKS ESYSMAN FOR THE UPDATES 🛳️🛳️🛳️
This can’t be real , as a retired captain and on the water for 70 years : hope it doesn’t break is not a strategy; but deciding to Not have a second security line slack attached is just stupid ; as soon as a tow line breaks Engines all Stop ; yes I know your report is true but I keep getting amazed by Captains making. Rookie mistakes.
Thank you
You foul it you clear it, imagine hitting comms about salvage before just going for a swim! Skipper got the quote he deserved! 😂
Hoping that brave Cap-Tain get $1 million bonus this year ❤
It was his fault the incident took place
RE: Loon. I think the opposition to naming the owner, Craig Leipold, a huge, powerful Republican, might be politically motivated. Not wanting those who oppose his politics to decline to charter or even buy the boat. It is, as you said common knowledge that he owns Loon and his political right Republicanism. No doubt many would find this a positive.
Audio still has an echo/bounce.
Why don't they use floating tie lines. These are common.
That’s a proper captain.
Champion Captain !
"What's that you say? Your Super Yacht is dead in the water? You're helplessly adrift?"
Yeah, I'd demand at least half a million for towing them.
You may have mentioned this in other videos, but it seems like there are more and more vessel fires. Is it a case of better reporting, or are more things going wrong?
Cowboys ,expensive ones
Your Mic is 90° out of phase, mate. Stick it in Audacity to fix it and try different audio input settings in whatever you're using to record yourself.
Sounds like left and right audio channels are out of sync
Stay away from 3rd story windows!
Leaving port with damaged and unsafe equipment should probably lead to a dismissal from your post.
Order a replacement, delay your departure.
Should have spent the money for a decent tow line. Haste makes waste
is the audio a bit weird for anyone else?
Yes sounds distorted and muffled, like he is using a $2 Temu microphone
Have you ever done a series of crew functions on super yachts?
WHO would try to tow a car with a broken line and hoping for the best? Exactly!
Your mic is very annoying to listen to i think you have it set up wrong
Cant believe the first vessel didn’t have rope cutters on the props, even small boats have them!
Looks like North lost north again
Always carry spare lines. "Where there's rope, there's hope."
More-money-than-brains is the usual situation with mega-yacht owners.
Often enough did not gain wealth by smarts but by being a weasel of some sort.
Soooooo... they tend to think they can con Mother Nature, Father Physics and King Neptune, too.
And they pressure the crew who are already the type to fold to money or they would not take a job as a servant.
Never a surprise when these marina queens have problems underway.
They are meant to show off not to sail.
Tie them up and leave them there.
Or so it seems to me... former USCG, many moons ago.
Amazing management 😂
I'd love to see Nord in Cape Town one day. So its crew has basically been on 'holiday' for the past 3 years, must be nice...
Great work & content, but your sound quality is terrible.
When I purchase my first fully crewed superyacht (minimum 500 gross tonnes), I will be making the announcement on eSysman's Yacht Report. Until that day arrives, I will make do with my owner operated 14ft aluminum skiff.
It would be a pity if yachts like Nord suddenly experienced mysterious below-waterline explosions.
Unscheduled Rapid Disassembly is more polite....
What a bunch of bungling on the part of the captain
Wait!!! What kind of idiots work on that vessel?????
Sailing boat La Vagabond has been involved in a major incident in Japan. Are you able to tell us anything???
Have you heard about La Vagabonde 👀
My company bought fuel even 5 years in advance
I feel like a broken record, What the hell happened to captain's being responsible for their vessel's!? This is crazy!
Sound a bit weird on this video? Seems very faint and fuzzy
They won’t be doing that again.. ouch
Audio quality became terrible on this channel
We are working on a solution.
One skipper back working dinghies
Love your channel. This is the second vid with terrible audio. Is there something wrong? Sounds like your stereo recording is out of phase. You need to look into this.
We are working on the issue. Have ordered a new mic.