DISCHARGING SEWAGE ON A LUXURY SUPER YACHT (Captain's Vlog 111) 

When at sea is it ever allowed to dump the sewage into the ocean?

Thank for letting Aquaholic take a tour on AWOL. Really enjoyed the tour.

Ahhhh the glamorous side of Yachting. Thanks for sharing.

going by the smell in Monaco marina last time I was there, it looks like you are the only boat who does...

Very interesting... One tends to forget about sewage, but poop is a fact of life. Great video, Captain Tristan.

Always good to know how to dispose of waste. You sure don't want that building up for any length of time.

Love your vlogs. I recently stumbled upon your videos and am sitting in the hotel catching up on them all! Some might say sad existence I have but hey, it is what it is. I am a private jet Captain and find this fascinating. The boss has a 48 m yacht and I spend most of the summer hanging about various parts of she Med while the Boss does whatever one does on a private yacht, fishing etc.......hardly! I worked as a waiter on QE2 last century to finance the pilot license ha ha, my small contribution to merchant seamanship! Great stuff, keep the vlogs coming, nice to learn how things are done on the yacht. We have very little interaction with the yacht crew as they are always busy when we are “off duty” in Nice , Olbia, Bodrum etc.

You’re right Tristan, I did enjoy this tech vid. Thankyou

Thank you! This is the work I like to see. The nuts and bolts of big boat operations.. The main job of a captain.

Oh the glamour of it all, it all smells the same rich or poor, exception of mine obviously heaven scent😂

and your engineer is amazing

Very nice message at the end of the video. There are many ways to help with our oceans health, and this one is on the top of the list. Thank You For Your Help!!

I smell a collaboration with the Drain Addict!

Sometimes ... even shit is interesting 😂

Congratulations on the growth of your Clear Ocean Pact initiative!

Thoroughly enjoy these how to videos, THANK YOU ‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸

As someone who lives near the fjords this is realy nice thing to see as it is so clean easy yet nessery process to do

8:36 i think its much safe and ok, just take a bucket of water than to tap your hose to sea water.. to make sure there is no grey water spill to the sea.👍

Great to see you back doing what for me I find you most enjoying; Talking about all the different facets of AWOL. Fantastic. Your command deck looks so much bigger when you are filming than when Nick was filming, do you use a wide angle lens? Anyway brilliant to see you back.And your numbers are creeping up. I just wish that all people watching your videos would subscribe it's only a click on the bell in the right hand side. You so deserve it Tristan.

Nice to see how you discharge the sewage on the ships. I am a mechanic for the sewage system on Rhein cruises myself. Nice to see the other perspective!

Simple genius . And good for environment.

Barbara Barbara barbara. Love you vlogs fella please get her in sometime. 😉

Very interesting. On a chartered cruise, assuming eight guests and a full crew, how many many gallons/liters of gray and black water does AWOL generate in one day?

Love the educational content. Love the technical content. Thanks for a great video!

Floating barge with AWOLS floaters. Good job doing your part in keeping the ocean clean.

Good idea to wear gloves

i would think the port's would have sewage lines built into the piers. and include that with your docking fee.

Thanks for the video Captain, I asked that question. I owned a small porto-poty business for events. There is money in sewage !

It makes it fun with the wind filter!

This was very interesting how systems on the yacht work and processes even if it were justnsewage. Still all these items and systems have to be adressed and its fascinating.

Since I've not been yachting, yet, I can only speak to what I know, which is draining grey/black water tanks on 5th wheels, we ALWAYS wear gloves. Even tho it's a boat, you are still dealing with sewage outlets & hoses, right? Just a thought:)

Our system pumps into the local sewage pipes. A whopping 16 GPM. Backwater only. Grey water (dishes, laundry, showers) go overboard.

I'm the guy that you have seen in the Monaco yacht show. I saw awol today in cannes, it was actually pretty impressive, but you we're not here at that time. Hope to see you again

Tristan - your the man ! It takes way more than just navigating skills to be a yacht captain !! Is there an agency that monitors super yachts and when and where they discharge waste ?

I always thought they would do the black first then the grey to flush the pipes. Guess we learn something new every day.

Haha! the wind filter made me think about John Bolton's moustache! 😂

Very Good Slav ! I actually like the protective floor coverings both inside and outside. So you ac cumulate 3000 liters daily - that seems like a lot !

They don't put the valves and other things in very convenient places. You'd think flash docks would have sewer hookup pipes under the wharf.

It is a dirty job, but everyone has to do it. I hope the corporate stooges on the large cruise liners watch this and maybe learn by example. I Support the 'CLEAR OCEAN PACT'🤜🤛

They come and pump you out everyday in port? Seems like a lot of work when you've got thousands of gallon of storage.

My superyacht the sewerage works on a a Stern 'hangover' system. ... You hang your bum over the stern of the 7mt boat and let the waves wash you clean. Effective and helps to burley the fish.

Thank you.🚽👍

SLAV! The GOAT!!🥇

Interesting video...can you add the costs of the different services you encounter in port please?

Thank you for show....

Thank you for using a clear tube.

Hi Tristan and crew. Very interesting. Can you show us in detail the work shop on board and what kind of things you have had to fabrivate/repair at sea. If you have already, send me the link to the appropriate video. Thanks. Stu from Argentina.

Interesting and thanks for sharing we learning 🇿🇦

Hello love your videos

Definitely a full time job on MY AWOL, won't you have any down time to enjoy the town while docked...you are very busy even when not on charter.

I have alternate title suggestions for you to review. "Today on SYC we're #1 in the #2 business! Either that or "Sh... It happens today on SYC!"

So what ever happen to the"poop" deck?!...Anyway...what is with the cactus in the garage?

So I assume when you are doing longer passages where you fill the tanks before getting to a dump location, you can and do dump into the water? Is there a requirement that any treatment, addatives etc are done to the sewage prior or during the open sea dumps? I know they are allowed but I was really surprised that while at shore you have to have the tanks pumped every day. I would have thought there would be enough space for up to a week between dumps possibly, but i guess unlike some RV's Ive had, it looks like your black and gray tanks are combined as one, or possibly seperate tanks that get discharged through a common outlet connector. Still seems as though needing to empty a 3000 liter tank each day is quite a few people taking long showers and there must be a whole bunch of pooping going on too haha. Another great video Tristan, very informative. Keep it up!!

Since you’re going to do this daily, do you just leave that hose where it is, or do you have to stow it each time? Who supplies that long hose??

Nice, tight haircut Tristan!

Would love to see avid about how you hookup to shour power

so 80% in 24 hours?... Geez what are you feeding them?.... Just fooling about. Wonderful content as usual. Thank You!

I'm not sure of offshore laws. But why not grind in the tank solids matter in Black tank real fine. Run the Grey water into Black. To help grind the solids. Screen filter that water into grey tank. Add Bio safe Chems to kill off bugs. Dump that water offshore as you go along. It would be fewer Black tank dumps needed. I did hear your comments on dumping around ports. The tanks need to be dump each day? You said? Say you have max. load crew and passengers. How many days does your tank hold? I assume you dumped black water first, then grey. Was wondering last clear water clear. You did use the seawater. Thank you for these vid's. Can you review any ship to ship sharing? Material, food, crew etc.

Given all of the lobster, champagne, caviar & fois gras consumed on a super yacht - that sewage should be of such quality that they pay YOU for it. :)

Really cool video.

tristan dont sweat details like wind breaker in the vid. it keeps it real

That was informative

That's a lot more pumping than my 45L holding tanks on my boat ;)

I like this process, you arrive to your destination and park your yacht and cleaning service arrives. Voila ... the solution. The question, is the service included with the slot or is an extra charge? What about if their is no slot or you just don't want to park it, is their one for only that? Is their an App where you can find all these on board travel points inside the yacht signal?

Cool video. Question: do you also record it on a log book?

I notice the discharge hose looks smaller diameter then the hose used by land motor coaches. Which is 4". I suspect its because the boat hose is pumped/pressurized and not gravity feed.

Fascinating video about something I’d always wondered about... how exactly does one clean the dirty water tank....??? Really interesting process and a great video about something so essential; thanks.

What happens when you are out at sea, where do you discharge it then? It doesn''t look like you can store much onboard.

Awsome... I did always wonder how this was done!!! thank you guys. Very Profesional. Is it to difficul to become a Captain???

Trystan, I had sleeves made that we would slide over all hoses and cables used to service the 108ft Broward I used to run. It made transferring things like waste so much easier and all but eliminated scuff marks and damage from hoses, They were super easy to make and use

Great video - another mystery solved - thank you! But can I ask - When you are out cruising with guests, how many days capacity do you have in the black/grey water tank? You mentioned when in port, the tank is emptied daily - is that correct - why? You also mentioned you cannot discharge to the sea - while in port. Does that mean you can do it when not in port?

Thanks, guys. Where do you get your shorts from? Very smart - add them to the merchandise?

And now tell me why this discharge vent is mounted deeply under a sink in the dinghy garage... I would meet the ship's constructor and tell him something.

Bit surprised that no one was wearing protective gloves when dealing with Grey/Black water, even with the super efficient system on board MY AWOL, especially AWOL's engineer opening the cam loc fittings ....

Thanks Tristan - So do you all keep the discharge hose onboard or does that belong to the pump out barge?

your hair is in the way :)

In Namibia, in one of the you tube channels one ship was dumping its sewage while docked in port.

Great video again even if it's about a load of Cra*p :)

This is what we want more poop! But seriously this is what we want to see all of what it take to run these beautiful ships pretty or not.

Nice to see treatment, neverseen this in St Raphael !!!!

Single use plastic Are bore sustainable that's why we use them instead of what Was use before them. Single use plastic in the 1st world nation are not the problem.

In Namibia, a You Tube channel showed a ship dumping is sewage while docked in Port.

How much do they charge....?

love the ostrich on the top part of the screen :-)

well may be a drop when you lower the drain hose in the water will escape in the Ocean

A bit of a "crappy vlog" this week my friend. Pun intended. 😜😜

on an airport the little ship is called "honey truck" :D

What do you do if your black and gray tank are at capacity and you are not near a port for a day or two?

Video has been made in Le vieux Port in Cannes :)

Do the black and grey water pump out at the same time?

3 000 liters everyday. What do you on board for that amount of water???

I thought sailors just peed off the back of the boat.

Who makes more money the engineer or the captain? Have you seen a boat where one person does both jobs or is it just too much for one person?

I heard,once, the word ‘sea’ originally meant septic.

Do you request the barge? Are there ports that have discharge points at the docking area? Does the cost come under the docking fees? And, how much does it cost?

Now the captains just talkin shicht.

The water in the pool or jacuzzi is from filtered water from the sea as potable water or directly from the sea? Also, when you wash the boat, the product used to clean it goes directly in the sea isn't it? I don't see any hole around the boat to let go of this water and the product, how this water go? (Sorry my English, I'm french speaking)

So they flush the turd pipe out in the harbour at the end, is what he was saying... sheesh, and I was swimming on monaco beach in August!

im liking your videos but ive noticed that the windows on the bridge you have some kind of cover over them could you please explain why this is thanks

You must have wastewater treatment system, it's possible for this size of yacht