SFS, this video will only run on the genuine YouTube website. Just click on the YouTube simbol. Having talked much about sling loading with or...
That hull turning took place at the premises of casko builder Bloemsma & van Breemen in Makkum, NL. I think, they took a pretty high risk during...
With special paper, I did only mean regular TP but not the use of the Правда (Prawda) or the NYT (New York Times) or for the very rich, 100 $...
Did they need a diver, in order to remove the rear sling? Oh, I see it came from HJB via the barge and was lowered to the water in the harbour.
Well done. A J-class hull is most probably one of the most dificult piece of yacht to be sling liftet. Everything is sloped. Aft sling in the...
Pascal, you are absolutely right. Vacuflush systems are very reliable and long lasting, as long as crew and guests stick to one basic rule. And...
Kiwi, you are correct, my bad. Then the Chief officer is or was a female. This is even worse, as she would otherwise been only an engineer :D.
In several written reports, the engineer was refered to as her and she. Even in my humble english, this sounds to me like a female. If this info...
The story of the bad accident on the yacht Kibo gets more and more confirmed here in Palma de Mallorca. Different reliable sources have confirmed...
Those areal pictures confirm to me, that only a designer like Philippe Stark can be the brain behind that design. Even my absolutely least liked...
That might well be possible. The drums are telling that both, Quantum Blue and Azzam have only temporary crews up to now for their ferry trips to...
It is common practice in most yards, when welding large aluminum hulls for sail boats for example, they are built upside down. After having set up...
When building the interior for my sailboat, the famous German megayacht interior builder told me, the most difficult veneer he ever worked with...
OB your setup will not work on a bigger yacht or ship. I am for sure the last person in this world, which is insisting on class destinction or...
I would have to agree on the above. Riva and Pershing are among the best quality production boats from Italy. With some distance behind, I would...
There is one or the other large megayacht in the Med, where the owner is a true liveaboard. There is one very large and famous yacht mostly...
I do not want to give the impression, that I personally own a whole fleet of (large) megayachts. Not at all. But due to my business setup as a...
Here is a link to the accident on the Abeking yacht KIBO in Mallorca. This site has has been set up by the sister of the injured deckhand. Her...
PR of China is the worst! I would rather enter the harbours of Wladiwostock or Murmansk without prior permission with my yacht, than taking my...
For me, the term living on a megayacht is pretty easy defined. If you are living on your yacht most of the year (183 days or more) and this...
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