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When is a yacht a yacht?

11 March 202312 March 2023 Bernard

The Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary defines a yacht as “a large sailing boat, often also with an engine and a place to sleep on board, used for pleasure trips and […]

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That other support yacht

19 January 202329 January 2023 Bernard

We all know about support yachts, shadow vessels, however we call them. They extend the capacity of a yacht, carrying toys, tenders, more exotic equipment and sometimes a few extra […]

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What’s in a name?

8 April 202117 November 2022 Bernard

Why “The VV team” ? The name of our senior partner, Vivegnis, comes from “les Vi Vegnes” meaning “the old vines” in the Walloon language. Vivegnis is also a village […]

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Benchmarking for Green Yachting.

20 September 202013 December 2021 Bernard

For the last decade and more, the IACS classification societies have offered ship owners the optional possibility to get a “clean” ship notation. That goes in steps from operational equipment, […]

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Becoming a yacht captain.

4 May 202013 December 2021 Bernard

For those contemplating a career on yachts, there is a nice summary on “becoming the captain” given by superyachtyachtcaptain on youtube. It describes one possible route for a UK citizen, […]

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