Some Friendly Advice You seem like a nice guy however some advice. Have read of the posts in the thread:-...
German Equivalent Last year I took the German equivalent to the ENG1 with a colleague. (The UK MCA recognise the exam from many other countries)....
Firstly trying to apportion blame is not a good way to deal with safety matters on a ship. On a ship we all have a responsibility for safety. Yes...
HAT Going back to your original posted questions. Yes full time profesional crewing is an unusual occupation it is with doubt a lot of fun...
Some further Info Please note the following post is about the larger world cruising yachts and is a generalisation there are exceptions. Some...
Some advice from an 19 year veteran of some of the best yachts around:- Breaking into the world of yachting by no means is easy however with a...
Apart from a personality clash with one of the Quantum techies I have found their product and support as a whole in a league above any other of...
8 out of 10 owners prefer Cats! With previous generations of engines in my opinion Cats were much easier to look after. However it would be...
As someone that is neither a conservative or a desk jockey (all though as my career progresses I'm starting to become one!) I don't get it! How...
Sorry DJ I would disagree - in general I have found oil shafts to be far more reliable. All the water filled shafts I have worked with have...
I have been fortunate to have worked for long periods on two large (75M) high quality yachts with anti roll tanks. On both vessels the sytems were...
CNC CAD CAM (and other TLA's) This is a difficult question to quantify exactly. Computer Aided Design & Computer Aided Manufacture is used...
A couple of large yachts I have worked on use Kohler brand Whirpool (air) Baths. They are the ones you describe, the quality is good. They are...
Another Yacht Fire This fire happened over the weekend here in La Paz Mexico http://www.la-paz-bcs.com/blog/?p=64
I have used both Cathelco and Marelco systems in the past on yachts of 60 -75 Meters and the experience has been very good. In one case we...
Sorry to go off topic again but I would like to mention how important it is to protect your hands when handling fuel filters either with a decent...
Keeping Cool Air conditioning is in my opinion one of the most important items when dealing with guests they may not know (or care) if a...
Try, Are you going to give us some proper details this time or are you going to keep drip feeding us with tidbits of irrelevant info? I assume...
Great Idea I have been fortunate to work in some very special engine rooms however owners confidentiality and security issues prevent me posting...
The MTU’s you mentioned are very popular and my experience working with them was good- the only problems I had were related to the electronic...
