When I was crewing with my uncle in his 26 foot sailing yacht off the East Coast of England our chart plotter showed vessels which were transmitting AIS but you couldn't rely on it because fishing boats generally weren't transmitting. Also Royal Navy ships were not transmitting so in the fog you might hear their engine but it was impossible to tell the direction because of the low frequency (we didn't have an AIS transmitter or radar but of course they knew where we were from their radar). Our biggest worry was snagging a lobster pot - they seemed to be everywhere.
Radar antennas have extremely focused and narrow beam that projects sideways. "Protection" is simply not needed below the antenna dome. They are mounted high on a mast primarily for better range. This just happens to be safer too as its out-of-reach.
Man, I subbed in when you had less than 50k, and your stuff keeps getting better. Kudos for putting out all the videos while you were away from home. Much love from North Carolina, USA. Be safe out there.
You have inspired me to now incorporate a vessel finder exercise when I travel to europe (as a photographer) and maybe capture some of these amazing MY's you cover and give us the back stories.
Great video, I did miss them and appreciate how busy you have been, I hope your stay at home is restful and you get to enjoy your cars and time off!! Stay Safe & Keep Reporting!!
Thank you for this video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. My oldest son holds an unlimited tonnage Chief Mate's license from the USCG. He will have his Master's as soon as he has enough time in rank as Chief.
Another great vid. Been subscribed for about 2yrs now. Your channels just keep getting better. VERY interesting and informative content. Always a thumbs up.
Are there super yacht owners who live on their yachts full time and use it as a primary home? If so, how would the crew feel about this (ie. more work and stress with the boss on all year round).
Also, as far as yachts being arrested for non-payment, many big companies and rich people think that others can wait on them. I work for a fortune 500 company and one of the original Dow Jones companies. They take forever to pay their vendors. They basically look at it like the vendors are lucky to do business with them, and they will get paid when they feel like it. They force them to agree to wait up to 180 days for payment. Most companies do not like waiting for 1/2 year and absorbing the costs from such a big company. Before I worked for a company, a small company that had products in Costco stores in the US. Costco agreed to have payment terms of 30 days. But they just unilaterally changed that to 90 days, because they felt like we were lucky to do business with them, so we should be happy to get paid whenever they felt like it.
I fly private jets, and there was a period of time around 2000 ish when stories of aircraft leaving and not paying for fuel or leaving bogus credit card info were starting to circulate. It was not long before the fuel truck would not move from your plane until the fuel was paid for, and that still happens in some places to this day. All fees, even now, are paid in full or put to a confirmed account in good standing before the plane can leave. Far smaller bill for a full tank of jet fuel (though still expensive) compared to a yacht's massive full tank...but still surprised to hear a yacht could leave port with hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid fuel...
Love some quality Q&A!!! Here is a quick question for @esysman would you ever display a supercar on your yacht (assuming you had a yacht and a spair gulf porsche 😉) always great content, northern Canada is lacking in yachts for obvious reasons. Cheers mate!
As I recall, AIS came into use after 9/11. It was suppose to make it easier to identify potential threats but the on commercial vessels that I worked on, the conversation around it's launch was that, what a great use it would be to some nefarious entity to identity all vessels that might be a threat to them. Also when it was launched, vessel traffic (at least in the S.F. Bay Area) had different threat levels and they would keep close eye on all vessels. I remember working on a ship assist vessel at the time and we called in at the completion of the job and then proceeded back to the home dock. After a few minutes, the office called (on a cell phone) and asked up to pick up something from a ship yard that we were close to. We proceeded to the yard and within a few moments of diverting from our announced destination, were contacted and ask about our intentions. I don't think that level of scrutiny is in force now, but it could be brought back, if a threat was to reappear.
Coffee with ESysman and Co. 😁😁 I really enjoyed this video and you picked some great questions to answer. The one about the 🦑🐙 and radar was really thoughtful. Seeing the pictures of your office with all your post it’s, well that’s really systematic & impressive!! Enjoy being home and maybe you can catch the F1 race today on TV. 😁🏎
"Men aloft - do not rotate or radiate..." I had a space all to myself that everyone had forgotten about when I was on a US Navy cruiser. It was on one of the Mac levels up in the stack, and was initially assigned to the boiler technicians when the ship was built as admin space. It was decreed unsafe for occupation when a new radar was installed. Later, when that radar was replaced with a new system, that antenna was deactivated permanently, but by that time, no one used it because it could only be entered in port, which made it useless. Since it was our space, but the key to the lock securing it had long been lost, I had it cut, replaced it with a new lock, and never bothered to tell anyone. It was cluttered with old tech manuals, but once I had those stowed away, I had my own private cabin. Only limitation was I couldn't use it during rough weather when the upper decks were secured. It had a/c that was powered by a priority chilled water circuit so it was only cool.
For years I heard standard announcements on US Navy ships… "There are personnel working outside the ship. Do not rotate, radiate, or energize any electronic equipment outside the ship."
Thank you for taking the time to answer viewers questions,I appreciate it. My question is, why do bar areas on yachts never have draft pumps. Surly some billionaire like a pint.
Why don't they allow broadcasting AIS location without details which could invite trouble for anyone? P.S. In ww2 the US asked superyacht owners to donate boats to gov't. Vanderbilt gave up 264 foot Alva, which was converted to gunboat then torpedoed by Germany. Russ of band "The Association" lost his father on it.
With the AIS, most super yachts are eligible for port State control (port State control), particularly if available for commercial charter. PSC can detain or issue deficiencies when a breach of a convention requirement is identified. If the port State has legislation about transmitting on AIS, there could also be breaches there too
About satellite antenna radiation, I feel like it's very important to stress that it is *non ionising* radiation and that it is radio or microwaves, both of which cannot do 'long term' degrading harm and stay in your body in the way that ionising radiation can. All that those types of 'radiation' can do is heat up whatever they pass through, the level of penetration and absorption is largely governed by the frequency with some not being able go go much deeper than the skin, but others can pass through us. Because it is only heat that is produced it's the power level of the emitter that poses danger, as if it is over a certain threshold it can cause measurable heating, which is mainly a risk to the eyes as they are least able to cope with it. My understanding is that it is normally quite noticeable in terms of feeling internally warm before there is a significant risk of danger and as such there is usually significant warning. As said in the answer though there is so much isolation between occupants and the antennae that even out on deck due to the air gap and the focus of the antenna being specifically to send as much energy as possible in a specific direction (mainly up) that the levels of RF are more than safe and pose literally zero risk
Question: Your channel (which I like a lot) reveals a lot of info from the world of Super Yatch. Some of that information might not be welcomed by owners, Captain and the likes. They might think you are revealing secrets they would rather not be known. Do you think your channel might prevent you from being hired in the future ?
Loved this eSysman! Thank you! where are the sharks trolling?... just curious! You do a really good job and research...thank you! I don't even own a boat. But I love your channel, and I adore riding on boats!
Thanks for the Q & A. Many of these questions were things I'd wondered about too. What is the coolest (in your opinion) feature or item you've seen on a yacht? They must vary greatly in design and it probably takes a lot to impress you with your experience.
A switched off AIS poses a significant danger, especially for sailing yachts, which rely primarily on AIS and do not use radar continuously due to the significant power consumption.
I have a question for your next Q&A or sooner if you feel like it. What are the best types of shoes (deck shoes or other) to wear on a yacht with teak decks? Thank you in advance.
Q&A once again. Wonderful. Interesting talking about watchkeepers on larger yacht. 4 on 8 off. Do they run dog watches to ensure they don't have the same watches each day?
I do not own a superyacht but with my boating experience I like cruising along hitting the waves, and the rocking of the boat. I guess they have the smaller boats onboard if the owner wants to experience that.
It's a far cry from the days of the Merchant Marine in the 50s when you were not only working with unpleasant characters - many of them were dangerous. They knew enough not to screw around during the voyage. But come shore leave in Africa or South America you'd have guys looking for payback and extreme violence wasn't uncommon.
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With regard to the AIS requirements, it all depends on the tonnage of the vessel and whether SOLAS V applies..... (Reg 2.4) Basically if the vessel is registered with a flag administration, is or over 300 Gross Registered Tonnes and is engaged on international Trade, SOLAS applies. With regard to payment of salaries, again, it depends on the application of the MLC (Maritime Labour Convention) on which each Flag Administration has its own interpretation and definitions on what a seafarer and what vessels must comply with the MLC.
Really enjoying your videos - it's a whole world I'm not aware of - you seem to use "boat" and "yacht" interchangeably - when does a yacht become a ship?
Hey Esysman, I understand many of the things that you have posted but i do have a questions, these russian owned yachts that are tied up/berthed or at anchor, that are sanctioned, who covers the bills for them and are the owners / management companies going to have to pay what is owing at a later date. Thank you in advance. I have enjoyed your chanel and the news you are releasing, keep up the good work.
The question about what happens if a Captain gets sick is quite a long and complicated answer. It depends on if the vessel is at sea and how many watchkeepers there are and that depends on the size of vessel and the operating regime. Very small vessels might only travel during the day with one watchkeeper/captain. Some may passage on long voyages with just 2 watchkeepers (inc Captain- small-medium). Some may passage on long voyages with 3 watchkeepers (inc Captain - medium to large). Some may passage on voyages with 3 watchkeepers (excluding the Captain - large to very large).
So you're video output has definitely increased as of late, are you no longer working on a boat? Is RUclips your full time gig now? Your content has been excellent btw.
There are a ton of small sailing yachts that take off sailing around the world with NO AIS even installed. It is mind blowing how many small sailing yachts don't think that is a worthwhile investment. These Yachts are in the 25-45-foot range. I don't know about Motor yachts, but most trollers and such are more coastal and not intercontinental. Also, motor yachts are more likely to have more electronics on them to begin with. Just by the nature of what they are. People who buy motor yachts, it would seem like they are less into the low-key slow life without technology. I don't know enough about motor yachts though to be honest. I started sailing on dinghy sail boats in a lake and fell in love with sailing. Most sailors use sailboats to get to places. I use places as a reason to go sailing and am now looking into starting to race on sailboats.
On the Russian-Yacht-topic: I've came to understand that the costs of keeping a Yacht afloat (literally) is nothing to be taken lightly - and I suppose a considerable chunk of the Russian yacht-owners have seen their corrupcy-income-stream disappear. My guess is that we'll see an influx of Russian yachts on the market when the war ends.
Your description of the cleaning procedure around antennas sounds wrong, but I don't know what i don't know... What prevents them from being turned on accidentally while someone is working next to them and what effects would they suffer? As a former safety professional, I can tell you that in heavy industry if a worker was working near a piece of equipment that could harm them, that person puts a lock on anything that can turn it on and only they have a key. Do they not have lockout/tagout procedures on yachts?
I don’t understand how you can say something is wrong if you’ve never worked in this area? There is a tagging out system for equipment such as radars and satellite comms equipment. It wasn’t mentioned during that video, because I was giving a basic description.
@@YachtReport I can't and I didn't. I said it "sounds wrong, but I don't know.." You mentioned that the person calls to to make sure the transmitter is turned off. I know this would never fly in the mining sector (where I worked) and it made me curious as to what safety measures are used in the yachting industry, which Is why asked you - the expert. My apologies if my initial question came off as judgemental.
For some reason I always miss these Q&A's. I have a question about GT(volume). I understand that regulations change once the 3000GT mark is crossed. There's a particular superyacht that's been on the market 3-4 years and the price has been lowered dramatically. It was launched in 2018 and it's called Illusion Plus. 88.5 meters with a volume of 3642 from everything I've seen of it. That puts it having more volume than many yachts much longer than it. Several come to mind such as Kismet, Madsummer, Faith, Madame Gu, Limitless which is right at 3000GT. I remember you talking about regulations for yachts over 3000 GT, but I can't remember if there was a financial reason tied to it. This yachts asking price has dropped considerably as it's been on the market basically since it launched; like by almost 50%. In your opinion, is that due to its volume or could it be that it's Chinese built by Pride megayachts and I'm not aware of their history in yachting? It's got diesel electric propulsion. 18 kn top speed and cruises at 15 kn with a range of 5000 miles at that speed. That's comparable with many yachts in it's class. Just curious. It reminds me of a much larger Quinta Essentia, the hybrid yacht built by Admiral shipyard.
Herrin the oil fields of Canada if you send out a bill it will be for sure 120 days later before it might be paid. That is amongst companies that do have money and working in a lucrative field. But still our wager. Is still paid every two weeks
On some of these superyachts, I've noticed that the helmsman position does not have a chair but sometimes they have a back rest to lean on while standing. Is there a reason this is prevalent on superyachts as smaller yachts have chairs? Also is this just something that is just while the vessel is docked?
there are different surveillance technologies that can be used to track ships: radar, visual(satellite/uav), thermal, sosus, sar(satellite), not to mention radio range finding from any emissions onboard from cellphones or radio that is unique to the ship. ships can easily be tracked even if ais is turned off. scary huh....
Why can a super yacht anchor but turn off AIS? We were out sailing today here in Barbados and a gorgeous super yacht was anchored. It’s swim platform was down so no name was visible and it didn’t appear on our AIS. However it’s two tenders were broadcasting AIS and we deduced the yacht was Venus, owned by Steve Jobs’ widow. On Marinetraffic the yacht shows that it is supposedly en route from St Maarten to Gibraltar but doesn’t show current position. This seems to obviate the purpose of AIS?
Does anyone else think it might not be a good idea to buy (or even charter) a yacht seized from a Russian (or anyone else) Oligarch? Wouldn’t the new owner (or guests) be worried about the potential for future retribution?
I continue to enjoy your channel. I had no concept of the world of super yachts before happening upon your episodes. I must say I’m a little ambivalent about the concept. These things symbolize the huge disparity in wealth distribution in society, but I suppose it’s always been thus. I think all the arrested Russian super yachts should be donated to Ukraine to form the basis of an expanded Ukrainian navy.
As someone who watches fairly regularly well nearly every video/Vlog which generally are the best Manufacturers/ship/Superyahcht builder's probably too late to be answered as video several weet old.
Greetings - What do you think the financial impact to Lurssen is, or will be soon? Seems like they have lost a significant part of their customer base. Although somehow I doubt their hurting for business. :). thx!
Looking at the damage to Utopia IV - there are several layers to the paint visible - one of which appears to be Bondo (or a nautical equivalent). Is that how they get the smooth surfaces on these yachts? They have a skim coat of body filler to level it out on the entire vessel before the paint gets applied?
AIS OFF PUNISHMENT ? Actually no. And sometimes it’s for very good reasons. Piracy. Travelling in a slow private yacht. Near a pirate know stretch you would be daft to leave it on especially at night, and with I.R. You can see, and see with Radar same .. the AIS is global knowledge, especially useful helping pirates plan, they can then intercept at ease.
Thank you as always for your time and effort putting these videos together. Happy to see a revival of the Q&A
When I was crewing with my uncle in his 26 foot sailing yacht off the East Coast of England our chart plotter showed vessels which were transmitting AIS but you couldn't rely on it because fishing boats generally weren't transmitting. Also Royal Navy ships were not transmitting so in the fog you might hear their engine but it was impossible to tell the direction because of the low frequency (we didn't have an AIS transmitter or radar but of course they knew where we were from their radar). Our biggest worry was snagging a lobster pot - they seemed to be everywhere.
That's why you always have at least one person standing watch, ideally two or more.
Esysman giving all of us an early Christmas gift with a Q&A
Radar antennas have extremely focused and narrow beam that projects sideways. "Protection" is simply not needed below the antenna dome. They are mounted high on a mast primarily for better range. This just happens to be safer too as its out-of-reach.
Great questions and answers! Love that last one lol! I'm 51, single, and not confused lol!! Thanks for posting and glad you made it home :)
Man, I subbed in when you had less than 50k, and your stuff keeps getting better. Kudos for putting out all the videos while you were away from home. Much love from North Carolina, USA. Be safe out there.
Another excellent Q & A session. Your professionalism is appreciated by me, and I'm sure many thousands of viewers. Thank you sir.
You have inspired me to now incorporate a vessel finder exercise when I travel to europe (as a photographer) and maybe capture some of these amazing MY's you cover and give us the back stories.
Thanks for sharing your information you did a good job my brother !!!! From Ohio USA 🇺🇸 !!!!
I enjoyed this segment answering superyacht questions.
Great video, I did miss them and appreciate how busy you have been, I hope your stay at home is restful and you get to enjoy your cars and time off!! Stay Safe & Keep Reporting!!
Thanks for doing this Q&A, its why I subscribed in the first place. All the best
Thank you for this video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. My oldest son holds an unlimited tonnage Chief Mate's license from the USCG. He will have his Master's as soon as he has enough time in rank as Chief.
this is fantastic, congratulations.
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH US…even though we are not patrons 😊🤗💚💚💚
Another great vid. Been subscribed for about 2yrs now. Your channels just keep getting better. VERY interesting and informative content. Always a thumbs up.
Thank you for such a Great channel, and appreciate all the time and dedication you put into your craft,It shows, Thank you
Always enjoy the Q&A videos. Another great one… More please 🙏🏻 😁
Are there super yacht owners who live on their yachts full time and use it as a primary home? If so, how would the crew feel about this (ie. more work and stress with the boss on all year round).
Also, as far as yachts being arrested for non-payment, many big companies and rich people think that others can wait on them. I work for a fortune 500 company and one of the original Dow Jones companies. They take forever to pay their vendors. They basically look at it like the vendors are lucky to do business with them, and they will get paid when they feel like it. They force them to agree to wait up to 180 days for payment. Most companies do not like waiting for 1/2 year and absorbing the costs from such a big company. Before I worked for a company, a small company that had products in Costco stores in the US. Costco agreed to have payment terms of 30 days. But they just unilaterally changed that to 90 days, because they felt like we were lucky to do business with them, so we should be happy to get paid whenever they felt like it.
Thanks for answering my question! You do a great job with a very interesting topic!
Excellent Q&A. Thank You
Thank you for the channel , i have enjoyed the q/a s over the years ….cheers
I fly private jets, and there was a period of time around 2000 ish when stories of aircraft leaving and not paying for fuel or leaving bogus credit card info were starting to circulate. It was not long before the fuel truck would not move from your plane until the fuel was paid for, and that still happens in some places to this day. All fees, even now, are paid in full or put to a confirmed account in good standing before the plane can leave. Far smaller bill for a full tank of jet fuel (though still expensive) compared to a yacht's massive full tank...but still surprised to hear a yacht could leave port with hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid fuel...
Love your candor. Thanks for what you do.
Thank you for Q&A10. Love these. Hope you have the need to do a driving one again too.
I have a couple of car videos coming soon
@@YachtReport glad to hear that!
Great video! More Q & A!
I love your Q&As.
your V.E. day story was so funny, serves her right
You did great Rusty. Your info is always great to hear. Hee Hee!
This was an outstanding video! Thank you!
Love some quality Q&A!!! Here is a quick question for @esysman would you ever display a supercar on your yacht (assuming you had a yacht and a spair gulf porsche 😉) always great content, northern Canada is lacking in yachts for obvious reasons. Cheers mate!
As I recall, AIS came into use after 9/11. It was suppose to make it easier to identify potential threats but the on commercial vessels that I worked on, the conversation around it's launch was that, what a great use it would be to some nefarious entity to identity all vessels that might be a threat to them. Also when it was launched, vessel traffic (at least in the S.F. Bay Area) had different threat levels and they would keep close eye on all vessels. I remember working on a ship assist vessel at the time and we called in at the completion of the job and then proceeded back to the home dock. After a few minutes, the office called (on a cell phone) and asked up to pick up something from a ship yard that we were close to. We proceeded to the yard and within a few moments of diverting from our announced destination, were contacted and ask about our intentions. I don't think that level of scrutiny is in force now, but it could be brought back, if a threat was to reappear.
AIS is great although if it's turned off, we get our SY News anyway. By land or sea, it seems that E has actual eyes everywhere! Great for me.
I hope to hear more stories about that dog , q/a 7
Thanks for posting. All ok. Get some rest!
Very interesting. Enjoy your time home!
Coffee with ESysman and Co. 😁😁 I really enjoyed this video and you picked some great questions to answer. The one about the 🦑🐙 and radar was really thoughtful. Seeing the pictures of your office with all your post it’s, well that’s really systematic & impressive!! Enjoy being home and maybe you can catch the F1 race today on TV. 😁🏎
"Men aloft - do not rotate or radiate..."
I had a space all to myself that everyone had forgotten about when I was on a US Navy cruiser.
It was on one of the Mac levels up in the stack, and was initially assigned to the boiler technicians when the ship was built as admin space. It was decreed unsafe for occupation when a new radar was installed. Later, when that radar was replaced with a new system, that antenna was deactivated permanently, but by that time, no one used it because it could only be entered in port, which made it useless. Since it was our space, but the key to the lock securing it had long been lost, I had it cut, replaced it with a new lock, and never bothered to tell anyone. It was cluttered with old tech manuals, but once I had those stowed away, I had my own private cabin.
Only limitation was I couldn't use it during rough weather when the upper decks were secured.
It had a/c that was powered by a priority chilled water circuit so it was only cool.
Thank you for answering my question. Love your channel
A Russian-flagged vessel is not only at risk of Russia doing something they don't like. It's also a "red flag" (so to speak) for Russia's opponents.
Excellent Q & A! :-)
Michael Delaney Gulf Porsche 917 , nice move No. 21. Love it
Nice shots of Lady Moura, possibly one of the most elegant super yacht afloat.
For years I heard standard announcements on US Navy ships… "There are personnel working outside the ship. Do not rotate, radiate, or energize any electronic equipment outside the ship."
Thank you for taking the time to answer viewers questions,I appreciate it. My question is, why do bar areas on yachts never have draft pumps. Surly some billionaire like a pint.
Why don't they allow broadcasting AIS location without details which could invite trouble for anyone? P.S. In ww2 the US asked superyacht owners to donate boats to gov't. Vanderbilt gave up 264 foot Alva, which was converted to gunboat then torpedoed by Germany. Russ of band "The Association" lost his father on it.
Hemingway used the Pilar to get free gas guns and booze so they could hunt german submarines
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The story of the lady who basically hired her own replacement is hilarious. Karma is great sometimes.
Great info.
Great vid, As for the Utopia, the standard navigation rules apply and are always first and foremost, not AIS or other electronic navigation aids.
With the AIS, most super yachts are eligible for port State control (port State control), particularly if available for commercial charter. PSC can detain or issue deficiencies when a breach of a convention requirement is identified.
If the port State has legislation about transmitting on AIS, there could also be breaches there too
Great Q&A. Miss the travel to and from work videos lol
Funny Outtake. Interesting like always.
Thank you loved your Q and A
About satellite antenna radiation, I feel like it's very important to stress that it is *non ionising* radiation and that it is radio or microwaves, both of which cannot do 'long term' degrading harm and stay in your body in the way that ionising radiation can. All that those types of 'radiation' can do is heat up whatever they pass through, the level of penetration and absorption is largely governed by the frequency with some not being able go go much deeper than the skin, but others can pass through us. Because it is only heat that is produced it's the power level of the emitter that poses danger, as if it is over a certain threshold it can cause measurable heating, which is mainly a risk to the eyes as they are least able to cope with it. My understanding is that it is normally quite noticeable in terms of feeling internally warm before there is a significant risk of danger and as such there is usually significant warning. As said in the answer though there is so much isolation between occupants and the antennae that even out on deck due to the air gap and the focus of the antenna being specifically to send as much energy as possible in a specific direction (mainly up) that the levels of RF are more than safe and pose literally zero risk
Please do a troll commemts video; as that teaser at the end was a good chuckle :D keep up the great work
Thank you.
Question: Your channel (which I like a lot) reveals a lot of info from the world of Super Yatch. Some of that information might not be welcomed by owners, Captain and the likes. They might think you are revealing secrets they would rather not be known. Do you think your channel might prevent you from being hired in the future ?
Loved this eSysman! Thank you! where are the sharks trolling?... just curious! You do a really good job and research...thank you! I don't even own a boat. But I love your channel, and I adore riding on boats!
Thanks for the Q & A. Many of these questions were things I'd wondered about too. What is the coolest (in your opinion) feature or item you've seen on a yacht? They must vary greatly in design and it probably takes a lot to impress you with your experience.
A switched off AIS poses a significant danger, especially for sailing yachts, which rely primarily on AIS and do not use radar continuously due to the significant power consumption.
How large must a boat be to have stabilizers and how common is this feature?
I have a question for your next Q&A or sooner if you feel like it. What are the best types of shoes (deck shoes or other) to wear on a yacht with teak decks? Thank you in advance.
LOL, the "outtake"...Cheers.
Q&A once again. Wonderful. Interesting talking about watchkeepers on larger yacht. 4 on 8 off. Do they run dog watches to ensure they don't have the same watches each day?
Not in my experience. If it went on too long they may do to switch things up.
@@YachtReport Of course!!. It's all relative to time spent at sea. Most superyachts are short leisure cruises rather than long ocean voyages.
I do not own a superyacht but with my boating experience I like cruising along hitting the waves, and the rocking of the boat. I guess they have the smaller boats onboard if the owner wants to experience that.
It's a far cry from the days of the Merchant Marine in the 50s when you were not only working with unpleasant characters - many of them were dangerous. They knew enough not to screw around during the voyage. But come shore leave in Africa or South America you'd have guys looking for payback and extreme violence wasn't uncommon.
Thanks
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With regard to the AIS requirements, it all depends on the tonnage of the vessel and whether SOLAS V applies..... (Reg 2.4) Basically if the vessel is registered with a flag administration, is or over 300 Gross Registered Tonnes and is engaged on international Trade, SOLAS applies. With regard to payment of salaries, again, it depends on the application of the MLC (Maritime Labour Convention) on which each Flag Administration has its own interpretation and definitions on what a seafarer and what vessels must comply with the MLC.
What you wrote is correct except, AIS is required on all passenger vessels regardless of size.
@@YachtReport true... but are all the vessels regarded as passenger vessels or only if they are available for charter?
Q. How do the tips/bonuses compare between a charter yacht versus owner occupied? 👍
Really enjoying your videos - it's a whole world I'm not aware of - you seem to use "boat" and "yacht" interchangeably - when does a yacht become a ship?
Hey Esysman, I understand many of the things that you have posted but i do have a questions, these russian owned yachts that are tied up/berthed or at anchor, that are sanctioned, who covers the bills for them and are the owners / management companies going to have to pay what is owing at a later date.
Thank you in advance. I have enjoyed your chanel and the news you are releasing, keep up the good work.
The question about what happens if a Captain gets sick is quite a long and complicated answer. It depends on if the vessel is at sea and how many watchkeepers there are and that depends on the size of vessel and the operating regime. Very small vessels might only travel during the day with one watchkeeper/captain. Some may passage on long voyages with just 2 watchkeepers (inc Captain- small-medium). Some may passage on long voyages with 3 watchkeepers (inc Captain - medium to large). Some may passage on voyages with 3 watchkeepers (excluding the Captain - large to very large).
So you're video output has definitely increased as of late, are you no longer working on a boat? Is RUclips your full time gig now? Your content has been excellent btw.
There are a ton of small sailing yachts that take off sailing around the world with NO AIS even installed. It is mind blowing how many small sailing yachts don't think that is a worthwhile investment. These Yachts are in the 25-45-foot range. I don't know about Motor yachts, but most trollers and such are more coastal and not intercontinental. Also, motor yachts are more likely to have more electronics on them to begin with. Just by the nature of what they are. People who buy motor yachts, it would seem like they are less into the low-key slow life without technology. I don't know enough about motor yachts though to be honest. I started sailing on dinghy sail boats in a lake and fell in love with sailing. Most sailors use sailboats to get to places. I use places as a reason to go sailing and am now looking into starting to race on sailboats.
it should be a Capital Offense
On the Russian-Yacht-topic: I've came to understand that the costs of keeping a Yacht afloat (literally) is nothing to be taken lightly - and I suppose a considerable chunk of the Russian yacht-owners have seen their corrupcy-income-stream disappear. My guess is that we'll see an influx of Russian yachts on the market when the war ends.
It will be interesting if Putin is removed from power if these billionaire yacht owners will still be billionaires.
When owner or guests are not aboard, what use if any are crew typically allowed of guest cabins, common spaces, etc.?
What a question! As a sailor, you're married to your ship of course!
What impact have you seen to the job market for crews with all the Russian yachts idled?
Today was a good day… -Ice Cube.
Your description of the cleaning procedure around antennas sounds wrong, but I don't know what i don't know... What prevents them from being turned on accidentally while someone is working next to them and what effects would they suffer? As a former safety professional, I can tell you that in heavy industry if a worker was working near a piece of equipment that could harm them, that person puts a lock on anything that can turn it on and only they have a key. Do they not have lockout/tagout procedures on yachts?
I don’t understand how you can say something is wrong if you’ve never worked in this area? There is a tagging out system for equipment such as radars and satellite comms equipment. It wasn’t mentioned during that video, because I was giving a basic description.
@@YachtReport I can't and I didn't. I said it "sounds wrong, but I don't know.." You mentioned that the person calls to to make sure the transmitter is turned off. I know this would never fly in the mining sector (where I worked) and it made me curious as to what safety measures are used in the yachting industry, which Is why asked you - the expert. My apologies if my initial question came off as judgemental.
The person calling is not qualified to isolate the equipment on the bridge, so they call the bridge to ask them to do it.
"Will these yachts be returned?" LOL - me thinks some people don't understand how war works. 😂
For some reason I always miss these Q&A's. I have a question about GT(volume). I understand that regulations change once the 3000GT mark is crossed. There's a particular superyacht that's been on the market 3-4 years and the price has been lowered dramatically. It was launched in 2018 and it's called Illusion Plus. 88.5 meters with a volume of 3642 from everything I've seen of it. That puts it having more volume than many yachts much longer than it. Several come to mind such as Kismet, Madsummer, Faith, Madame Gu, Limitless which is right at 3000GT. I remember you talking about regulations for yachts over 3000 GT, but I can't remember if there was a financial reason tied to it. This yachts asking price has dropped considerably as it's been on the market basically since it launched; like by almost 50%. In your opinion, is that due to its volume or could it be that it's Chinese built by Pride megayachts and I'm not aware of their history in yachting? It's got diesel electric propulsion. 18 kn top speed and cruises at 15 kn with a range of 5000 miles at that speed. That's comparable with many yachts in it's class. Just curious. It reminds me of a much larger Quinta Essentia, the hybrid yacht built by Admiral shipyard.
Herrin the oil fields of Canada if you send out a bill it will be for sure 120 days later before it might be paid. That is amongst companies that do have money and working in a lucrative field. But still our wager. Is still paid every two weeks
On some of these superyachts, I've noticed that the helmsman position does not have a chair but sometimes they have a back rest to lean on while standing. Is there a reason this is prevalent on superyachts as smaller yachts have chairs? Also is this just something that is just while the vessel is docked?
there are different surveillance technologies that can be used to track ships: radar, visual(satellite/uav), thermal, sosus, sar(satellite), not to mention radio range finding from any emissions onboard from cellphones or radio that is unique to the ship. ships can easily be tracked even if ais is turned off. scary huh....
Why can a super yacht anchor but turn off AIS? We were out sailing today here in Barbados and a gorgeous super yacht was anchored. It’s swim platform was down so no name was visible and it didn’t appear on our AIS. However it’s two tenders were broadcasting AIS and we deduced the yacht was Venus, owned by Steve Jobs’ widow. On Marinetraffic the yacht shows that it is supposedly en route from St Maarten to Gibraltar but doesn’t show current position. This seems to obviate the purpose of AIS?
Does anyone else think it might not be a good idea to buy (or even charter) a yacht seized from a Russian (or anyone else) Oligarch? Wouldn’t the new owner (or guests) be worried about the potential for future retribution?
I continue to enjoy your channel. I had no concept of the world of super yachts before happening upon your episodes. I must say I’m a little ambivalent about the concept. These things symbolize the huge disparity in wealth distribution in society, but I suppose it’s always been thus. I think all the arrested Russian super yachts should be donated to Ukraine to form the basis of an expanded Ukrainian navy.
I love the q&a but no patreon here
I just can’t afford multiple subscriptions
As someone who watches fairly regularly well nearly every video/Vlog which generally are the best Manufacturers/ship/Superyahcht builder's probably too late to be answered as video several weet old.
Greetings - What do you think the financial impact to Lurssen is, or will be soon? Seems like they have lost a significant part of their customer base. Although somehow I doubt their hurting for business. :). thx!
You have the number 21 on the wall behind you... is it 1972 Gulf Porsche 917-K ? saw the car at Watkins Glen 6Hour
No.I never use AIS unless I'm sleeping or pass through a shipping lane at night.
Looking at the damage to Utopia IV - there are several layers to the paint visible - one of which appears to be Bondo (or a nautical equivalent). Is that how they get the smooth surfaces on these yachts? They have a skim coat of body filler to level it out on the entire vessel before the paint gets applied?
Quick question. Is there any new information on REV?🌈🦄🐱
Nothing, I’ll look into it
AIS OFF PUNISHMENT ? Actually no. And sometimes it’s for very good reasons. Piracy. Travelling in a slow private yacht. Near a pirate know stretch you would be daft to leave it on especially at night, and with I.R. You can see, and see with Radar same .. the AIS is global knowledge, especially useful helping pirates plan, they can then intercept at ease.