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Breaking the Deadlock

Comments and clarifications on potentially controversial subjects.

Tugs 4 Yachts

12 October 202117 November 2022 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock: When we rebuilt “Legend” with Jan Verkerk, we brainstormed about the idea to change her machinery to Diesel electric. Eventually, the idea was abandoned for the sake […]

 Breaking the Deadlock, Conversions and Refits

Hull shape and speed.

30 August 202117 November 2022 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock: If you have to ask how much fuel she burns, you can’t afford her, to paraphrase the mythical J.P. Morgan quote, or why are modern yachts so […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

The mini ISM soup.

17 August 202117 November 2022 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock One of the principles I use when planning ship’s administration is: “Help the surveyor help you”. That means that the certificate file is sorted in the order […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

Cyber Security vs Cyber Safety?

7 March 202117 November 2022 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock: When Cyber Security regulations came on the floor, I couldn’t help wondering which industry stakeholder had put enough pressure on IMO for something like that to happen, […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

Solving the Boat Equation

27 December 202017 November 2022 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock A boat, any boat, is always a compromise. I have showed recently how that affects classics of similar length such as The Krupp yacht “Reveler” and the […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

How independent are your internal audits?

16 December 202013 December 2021 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock: In our yachting world, we pride ourselves in our short communication lines, optimised collaboration at all levels and utmost reactivity. To achieve that, operators work in very […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

Wings or no wings?

11 November 201913 December 2021 Bernard

Breaking the Deadlock: Exploration ships and the Polar Code. Following some comments on the launch of the first Damen SeaXplorer, let’s have a look at what exactly you should be […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

SOLAS and other animals.

21 June 201912 February 2022 Bernard

(Breaking the Deadlock series.) In our industry, we often hear people talking about specific yacht certifications (LY3, PYC etc…) as opposed to SOLAS, the latter being considered as the certification […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

The case of the Local Boat

25 March 201913 December 2021 Bernard

By “local boats”, I mean a boat or ship, built in a particular country, flying the flag of that country, and operated exclusively within the waters of that country. The […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

Helidecks

30 January 201913 December 2021 Bernard

As I was recently catching up on my maritime and yachting news reading, I happened on an article where the famous Cap 437 regulation was still referred-to. That reminded me […]

 Breaking the Deadlock

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