I always wish I had more drone shots when I'm editing, just not always possible to get it in the air :) should have the next video up in a couple days.
I was more interested in how the interior (furniture) of the ship handled the rough seas, meal preparation challenges etc. than just rain,wind and waves.
I think Gordon lightfoot summed it up “the old cock came on deck saying fellas it too rough to feed ya”, it wailed be definitely a challenge I’d say, probably dry stuff I’d say
You ain't seen Med's raging seas - spitting snakes we calling it .. Having spent all my life in the Greek seas I can only tell you that in 1981 while serving in the Greek Navy and participating in a naval NATO exercise - all participating ships had to seek shelter in protected island bays and the whole exercise was void .. The Storms in AEGEAN Sea are known for their extreme intensity and all our seas claimed and often claim mariner fishermen sailor's and boater's lives .. Even in the "calm" Ionean and Adriatic seas once or twice a year the phenomena are beyond describing .. You had a rather mild - thankfully- taste of our weathers . On a tanker I served the captain having unloaded the fuel to the participating another NATO exercise boats - was forced to fill the tanks with saltwater in order to save the ship .. If you can imagine the process needed afterwards for the tanks to be manually cleaned by the crew - while the boat had to stay in the naval shipyard's tank for weeks .. Just because of weather intensity .. And in the next years from my station in CRETA head courtiers and responsible for faxing the game incidents to the NATO fleet I came to,learn that AEGEAN weather was responsible for the most extreme incidents in the course of our war games - LOL
Thanks for putting this up, always curious how these type of yachts take harsh water and weather. When we think of buying a yacht we tend to look at Trawlers for safety but do like the luxury of these more.
Rough??? man, we had to pull out of Naples with half the crew ashore. Three days of nothing I had ever bring through before or after that; though one three day maelstrom pulling out of Miami came close. Both times, I had no control over these passages. Though luxury makes these passages bearable.
Was waiting for the rough stuff. Looked like perfect conditions for sailing. Maybe a # 2 jib and a small reef in the main. And, just think of the fuel savings !
It must have been very hard for that super yacht with that bad weather. Several raindrops and even some salt water spray. Wow, what a hard life..... Those waves where huge - at least several centimeters...
use to work as bosun on same size boat. going through Corinth canal I would never imagine id be allowed to man a drone. our officer always made sure we were working. nice footage, wish I did something similar
Hi Tom Joe, great video as usual. Was curious to ask, does the crew take the yacht for the owners to board around the world or is it carried in a yacht transport ship? I see no owners on this yacht hence my question.
Hi Jit this is a private yacht we take it to wherever the guests want it, so,e of the content is filmed when they are not on board and in season when they are on board out of respect for the guests privacy they are edited out of the videos.
My experience is if its faster and cheaper to locate a yacht to a needed location by driving it, then the crew will typically drive it there. If the boat needs to go farther than its range or if it needs to go a super long distance like the Med to Miami for instance, the owners will ship them. Thats my experience anyway.
Nice to see proper navigation being done on a proper chart. I would call the weather mediocre though rather than bad. Didn't see any seas much above about 6 feet.
Do you know that you are a damned sick crew??? Ahahahahah 😂😂😂 crazy video and really nice experience! See you around guys I saw you in Gulf of Napoli this summer!
Couple of questions: why did you go through the Corinth(?) channel at such an angle, why was the mast/crane at the aft up during the trip, what does it do? I just thought it was to lift the tender/jetskis up and down.
The funny angle was due to the current going through the Corinth, never seen it before like this. Glad I wasn’t driving. And the foredeck crane doubles up as the forward mast
There's a scientific name for this ( I just can't remember what it is right now)…. As you're passing thru a channel or canal the rear of the boat is actually sucked towards the bank... Narrow boats experience it a lot when going thru their narrow channels. Was on a aircraft carrier going thru the Suez canal, a billion years ago, and that force was actually being exerted on the carrier.
What does it take to ......batten down the hatches for bad storms....with so many heavy items onboard?? Are there Apartments or Boarding houses in different Cities for Yhaties Only....where you can stay between your Charters or Off season if you choose not to stay home for months???
I have a curious question. I notice your boy was doing old school charts. Is that mandatory as a backup for modern navigation or just a good practice just in case?
Technically the charts are our primary source of navigation, and the electronic nav is the secondary. As we don't have a full ECDIS system which is a very advanced IMO approved electronic chart system, we only use the electronic as an assistance to navigation. There are pros and cons to both systems, there are even places in the world where a £20 app on the iPad is a more reliable form of navigation (Maldives), it will still considered secondary and only for assistance. It is good practice to keep the plots on the chart and logbook entry every hour, its a very good visual indication if you are on track and any navigational hazards, and an essential part of the hand over to the next watch keeper. I'm a big fan of paper charts.
And the really cool thing is, if the electronics takes a Sh**t, its all good because the person doing the navigating is up to speed on using those paper things. Just out of pure curiosity, do you have a sextant on board? I realize that is seriously old school, just curious if anything like that is ever carried as a backup anymore?
Only a couple of years ago the use of paper charts became NOT mandatory. However, ANY captain that dont use traditional charts is a moron and an ignorant, Really liked it a lot see these guys using traditional charts. Few years ago a large yacht arriving to a known mexico port lost all the electronics in the middle of a stromy night (becase lighting or something that I cant recall right now, and they ended over the rocks). Charts are very important even today with powerful electronics. The combination of paper charts AND chartplotters are just extraordinary ....
Amazing you brought that boat through that canal. The slew from the current was mad. BTW, the terrible song was from the J Geils band is and called Centerfold. You should give it a listen sometime.
The captain knows his ship very well, that last bit getting her into the slip in Savona with 50kt gusts is insane. The footage just doesn’t do it justice and I would of lost the drone trying to record it. I’m going to make a video of all the baller parking jobs he’s done this summer.
Amazing kind of videos and the music background as well, This is my dream job and I just graduated. And just asking what are the training required for yachting Sir, I hope you will notice me new subscriber🙂
Work hard risk life in frezing seawater if you capsize or fall overboard just so a rich guys boat does not get scratched. Open TWO cold ones man you earned them. Good video was interesting to see a pleasureboat survive a storm. Crazy canyon passage too narrow.
Great videos and if you ever want to visit a cruise ship in Southampton give me a shout. My brother Chis is your chef so tell to stop being so camera shy!! 😂
I will have to take you up on that offer, Ive never been on a cruise ship before. Chris is a legend, he does actually really well on camera, the crew who are really camera shy don't feature much they are just that good at hiding.
not on this passage. Sadly I've never been, have gone past several times. Its high up on my bucket list of places to visit and planing to drive the land rover down through Spain and get the ferry across.
