Comentarii la: A FĂCUT O GREȘEL URIAȘĂ CÂND A CUMPĂRAT ACEST YACHT!

De: @COORS5766

@COORS5766 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 14:39:08 +0000

I wonder if there are two sides to this story where the yacht builder DID advise the buyer to build to commercial minimal standards or to meet minimal class standards? Maybe he wanted to save money or thought it was a waste of money to build to commercial standards or the expense of maintaining certain class standards every year if he was keeping the vessel private? Bad advice from his friends? Did the yacht builder advise him to hire surveyors and to build to the commercial standard, to flag etc and the owner refused? Because as you say, ultimately it's the ship builders name on the vessel! If that ship goes down, catches fire with loss of life, it's their name on that vessel and news will travel amongst the yacht industry that they didn't build to a high standard, that alone could end their business! The ship yard knows better and maybe after repeated advice to hire an outside inspection company, to build to class or commercial standards they had him legally sign off on classifying the vessel because he outright refused?

De: @SuperPress23

@SuperPress23 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:30:39 +0000

Thats scary! Opened my eyes for shure!

De: @gordonreid2173

@gordonreid2173 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 03:34:47 +0000

Hi Tristan:
I am skipping 18M yacht at the moment; everything you say applies to every yacht that leavers the dock.

A few comments that you missed, if I may? Where was the architect?
And when a rescue is necessary, how about the rescue team?

I just watched a vid of a German couple who departed Bermuda for Halifax on their 22M cutter, with two hair-legs for crew. No shake down, no chalk talks, no common scene, and no seamanship!

They sailed by the lee for a day or two. When the weather picked up, they put a preventer on the boom. It was not enough. The jib cracked both owners. The man suffered two compound leg fractures, his mate suffered internal injuries.

By the time the hair-legs got within range of USA & Canadian Coast Guard, both owners were in direr straights; the passed on the chopper.

The hair-legs abandoned ship; the $2M cutter was salvaged by a salvage company.

Did I mention MV Yogi? It is serious business out there.

CaptainGord

De: @gpslightlock1422

@gpslightlock1422 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 02:29:14 +0000

Sad story. I wonder who it was advising this buyer.
Great public service you're doing here Cap'n Mortlock.

De: @gtrzero2157

@gtrzero2157 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:42:16 +0000

well we know its not a Bering built yacht.

De: @jgnoord1

@jgnoord1 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:10:20 +0000

As a retired ships master with c.o.c. master all ships for 35 years merchant navy , i don't understand this is still happening today in the yacht world and regulations. Building. Stability , Safety , Environment very important.

De: @floriansommer8872

@floriansommer8872 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:48:51 +0000

Even under 24 m if you choose to charter 😉

De: @Cogzed

@Cogzed — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:15:33 +0000

I bet this was a Lurssen yacht.

De: @bsb11kat25

@bsb11kat25 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:59:31 +0000

Amazing story! But amazes me that someone who on the surface would be a successful person with that type money to buy a "toy" and didnt use good council on design/build/class! . Not that i'm in a postion to order a superyacht, but if i was spending £20/£30m i would want it the best i could get! and great point on the re-sale point. (dont get me on interior design for a re-sale)

De: @j.4941

@j.4941 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:53:08 +0000

Who builds a >24m vessel without class?!?
That must be the most shady shipyard ever.

As a captain (or crew or even owner, whatever) coming in late in the build process or even after delivery, it's IMPOSSIBLE to check quite a number of safety-critical aspects of the vessel. Ok, stability and behaviour is something you can figure out eventually, but things like steel, frame, structure, the welding or even wether it's even acutally built to their own drawings there's so much that you can not assess at all any more.

But there's even more:
Not only do you get a vessel with a completely unknown risk. You also will NOT get annual class surveys.

Wow. This is unbelievably shady.

My guess would be: turkish shipyard.

And if they did cut THAT corner, then there's definitely going to be more corners cut.