There it is, the No Break Emergency Generator. Pretty heavy stuff. Our ones are definately a little bit smaller. [ATTACH] That must a little...
It is not that bad Zud. Preheating a generator and/or a propulsion engine is no mystery even on a smaller yacht. On my 50 ft inland waterway...
We operate a few of those hatchless box carriers too but only in short sea shipping. It shortens loading time in the feeder business. But I have...
That is exactly what I did try to explain in my humble english Marmot. You are 100 % correct. [ATTACH] fig.5 would be the diesel engine fig.7...
This is what I would call a big Genset [ATTACH] This is the normal size and type of Genset we normally deal with, if not working with HFO fuel...
Great response AMG, a picture is worth a thousend words :D ! As a designer, the yacht White Pearl or SY "A" must turn your stomach.
Ritere2Cruise, if you have been stationed in Ramstein or Spangdahlem, you will find the weather and the culture at and around Kadena AFB quite...
As Hohum says, that really is an anti Paparazzi deck layout. A lot of open air deck spaces not visible from sea level, only from the air. And I...
The North Atlantic is definitely not the navigational area for light weather boats. When my father forced me to work up the ladder in our family...
Yes very conservative. I did not figure entering and leaving safe harbours and reaching specific pump stations. And my range calculation did not...
I have typed his route into a nav computer and he came up with app. 17.500 NM (very friendly calculated). Some of the depicted legs are beyond the...
The local newspapers in northern Germany have articles and pictures this morning about White Pearl and her float out / mast stepping. The...
Golden Odyssey looks ready to leave. All works seem to be finished, all protective covers removed, all safety items installed, even the sun...
Personal comfort of VIP guests during voyage or on the hook is definately not part of the spec of a military combat vessel :D. Yachts do not have...
YAS is based on the hull of an 1978 built Dutch Navy Ship, the HNLMS Piet Hein, a Kortenaer-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. This ship...
Tatiana / Golden Odyssey is showing her final name [ATTACH]
If you are really in for an US built aluminum motor yacht, there would be a very good way of building a 60 feet fully custom planning boat in the...
Family intel still works :). From today at the beach, Radiant leaving Wilhelmshaven after her refit at Neue Jadewerft (Lürssen). Btw. walking in...
The specific fuel consumption of a wankel engine is somewhat higher than with piston engines. With diesel engines, the difference is not that big....
They must have solved a few inherent problems with this concept. I have talked to an old friend of mine from university. He is presently a pretty...
