The two main reasons for those UHNWI owning or chartering a large megayacht are "Splendid Isolation" (at its best) and PERSONAL SAFETY. Belonging...
That's exactly what i meant, I forgot about the synchro part. It is like on the SR-71 Blackbird. If one engine stalls at Mach 3+, the other...
I could agree on the fuel delivery problem but we have heard about electronic problems related to the Electronic Vessel Control system (EVC) and...
Btw. Karo, the German singer Helene Fischer was born in Russia. Her parents immigrated into Germany with her and applied for the German...
How did we end up in politics again? I think we started with the safe operation of yachts and proper crew treatment. I was born into an old and...
Hello Karo, with my humble English, I almost need a lawyer and a tax advisor to completely understand your post and I believe, we lost the...
If you allow a yacht management or a yacht maintenance company to have carte blanche, they will rip you off. A general contract which only says,...
That is exactly the point I was trying to make about Eekels. We have an old saying in Europe: "Anyone buying cheap, buys twice". The Atlas system...
All three companies and their systems are well known in the industry. Atlas is US, Magnum British and Eekels is a Dutch company but their shore...
That looks like a planned dry docking as part of the final works to me. I drove by the dock on Thursday afternoon and it was already submerged,...
Magma Structures has also built the Dyna Rig for Maltese Falcon and they are THE number one adress for such a project. So, most likely these...
The whole airship science is kind of strange. By definition, an airship is not flying because its lighter than air (that's why it is flying...
Actually this was done several times. The transport I was refering to, started on the Elbe River in Hamburg. See below. [ATTACH] There was one...
Ordering male crews below deck or having a dicrete ladies deck is mostly a Middle East thing. Owners from Eastern countries do not care that much....
What a great piece of American boating history we now have in northern Germany. Compared to her condition, when she came to Germany in 2010, she...
Wow, thank you very much AffrayedKnot, I am plain stunned. That is what I call knowledge. With your obvious inside knowledge, might I ask you, do...
Had to attend business in Bremen near the Weser River today, where I found this beauty. Her name on the funnel says NEDEVA. Also this woody is a...
Second set of pictures. A closer look at the bridge deck. The retractable wing station can clearly be seen and 2 foldable cranes on both sides of...
Had some business to attend in Bremen today. Accidentally I ended up in the vicinty of Luerssen :). A few little updates on Tatiana (Golden...
But the craziest cargo ever seen on a dock ship was a Zeppelin, an Airship. A cargo of huge volume with ZERO weight :). [ATTACH] This was a...
