Thanks for another great Q&A. Appreciate they way you're not dismissive about topics you might think are obvious; rather, you take time to explain answers with patience and respect. Also appreciate the b-roll footage to break things up a little. Well done.

I own an av company that does Crestron and Savant systems and you did a great job with explaining how an AV system is updated!!! Good job. Love the vlogs!!

Loved the video and the effort put in to the video, by adding timelines of what topic you speak about. Great video, as always!

When you do the q&a's they're always informative.

You make all your videos fun to watch and a joy to learn. Thank you for putting in the time!

Awesome video, as always! The road trip was fun to watch, too.

I'm never disappointed watching these videos. Great quality and very informative. Two thumbs way up 👍🏽👍🏽

Enjoyed your trip and this Q & A immensely. Thanks so much

Thrilled to have discovered your channel. I spent my younger years working the docks on Lake Michigan. For a period of time an older gent had a 93’ Broward there that he ran alone quite often. Granted, the same dock, rarely traveled other places but regardless ran the boat alone. He brought it back from Nassau with 3 crew ( a trip i was invited to join and to my eternal regret turned down). Love following the industry and I’m in awe of the incredible craftsmanship and all that goes into making these yachts as incredible as they are. Keep up the good work.

frames are back in frame 🤣👌

Great video as usual. Very informative thanks for taking the time to knock out a few questions.

Funny how you talked about all your expenses being covered to & from home & also super yachts refueling @ sea… yet I still remember someone running out of fuel not to long ago 🤔🙄😜 cheers 🥃🍻 keep up the great videos 🇨🇦

Excellent and Informative as always! Thank You!

I like how knowledgeable you are on so many different subjects. Thanks for what you do.

Another excellent video! Thanks my friend

Another great video with quality information. 👏👏👏

Brilliant thanks for sharing these insights. Very very interesting. It’s no wonder the insane cost of operating these boats when you start taking in to account all of the costs. It’s like the modern day equivalent of running a palace!

I love the blank expressions in the picture frames ! Great Q&A, I like these the best !! Stay Safe !!

This Q&A was great, thanks.

The legendary pictureless frames return!

Love these videos!

Awesome content! I love hearing about the electronics inside super yachts!

Lots of very interesting information. Great video. 👍👍

Hello from Vancouver 🇨🇦 I just found your channel due to war in Ukraine. I’m very impressed with your knowledge about everything under the sun. Answering questions in this video regarding AV equipment was spot on. I’m a retired tech and I really am interested in electronics on large vessels. Thanks for you time and effort you put into each video.

THANKS for a FASCINATING q&a!

Already saw your new car absolutely beautiful looking forward to seeing it unwrapped anyhow as always this video was very informative, thank you

Great video love watching. Looking forward to seeing the car after its detailed.

VERY good & informative video. Thank you.

Loved this vlog, thank you

New to the channel, but I’ve really enjoyed how informative your videos are! Thanks! A few questions if I may ask: As solar panels become more and more efficient in their energy output capabilities, do you feel there’s a possibility for hybrid or even fully solar powered yachts in the near future? When an owner sells a super yacht, does the new owner buy out the contracts of the crew or do they generally start from scratch and hire all new people? Thanks for all the great content!

Excellent Q&A session... Love your new car that you highlighted on your other channel. Both of your channels are fantastic.

Thx for Q&A...u r very knowledgeable ...good luck with your new Porsche...

While the boat I was on was not a Super Yacht, we had a great fuel system. In the morning we transfer an estimate of what is needed for the day, run it through the fuel polishing system. From there it went into the day tank. The polishing system really works when you get fuel from places that might have dodgy fuel. With a total of 5000 gallons we could quite a few days chasing marlin and tuna. Great site, your are one of the few that, can explain boats and systems that keep them going. On anchor having crew that can keep watch to make sure the anchor is not dragging.

Great video mate well done, and great info 👍👍

Very informative. thx!

Now that is what I want to do...live on the yacht full time with family and travel the world 🤗

Great Job, per usual!

If you change the timestamp for "Intro" in the description from 0:05 to 0:00, it will show the time stamps imbedded within the slide bar.

You are very informative! Thanks.

Last answer was informative as hell. Thanks a lot for that. I need a refit for installation I’m working on ( not on boat), but you give me a very nice prospect for that.

Love your vlog, very interesting, love the new car,

This was very interesting thanks

Thank you for sharing.

I was at anchor opposite Eclipse yesterday and this morning off Antibes… a stunning piece of metal - looks like a destroyer!

Many large yachts are owned by people who made their money in some unrelated field so they don’t necessarily know how to run large boats. In some cases they’ve bought the boats used and they have not been maintained in perfect condition. And then also they figure they’ll cut themselves a discount and under-crew the boat while also under-paying what little crew they are willing to hire. As I told the owner’s daughter, the boat manager, of the Feadship I was the mate on, who threatened to fire me for complaining about the incompetent captain they’d hired, “I’m an AB unlimited in the SIU union and anytime I’m hard up I can get a prepaid airline ticket left at the nearest airport if I’m willing to ship out through the SMU union with the military sealift command just by dialing 1-800-SEA-CREW and by the way, they have unlimited overtime, pay better, and pay everyone’s hospitalization whether or not they’re new hire.” These yacht owning clowns had a broken radar and an auto-pilot that couldn’t be used without removing the steering wheel. Then also their safety equipment was crap, they didn’t have a satellite telephone, and they didn’t even have a fire axe to leave next to the towline in the event that we needed to get towed. They had me doing the cooking because as a canoe tripping guide I used to feed the kids by heating up freeze dried rations we bought from the Canadian company Gumperts. Fortunately for them my mother taught me to cook but their captain didn’t know how to navigate, which I could determine being a former QM2/SS in nuclear submarines, or in other words the watchstanding navigator. He also had never had a gun in his hands in spite of the fact that they wanted to cross the Gulf of Mexico to go visit the Yucatán Peninsula. The one time we transited from Tampa Bay to the Fort Walton Beach area in the panhandle of Florida we were nearly boarded by the Coast Guard. The captain told me that “the owner doesn’t like guns”. I left after 4 months and went back to crewing on freighters. One of the stupid guests remarked to me “I’ll bet you’ve never been on such a big boat!”. I had to explain to her that I was a merchant seaman and that my last “boat” had been a 900 foot LASH ship hauling ammunition for any possible invasion of the Middle East, an invasion which did in fast occur and for which I received a medal. Then the owners college room-mate from some shitty open admissions state university insisted upon calling me “Betty Crocker” since I had to cook in addition to standing wheel house watches. As they say in merchant marine passengers are “cargo that complains”. So no thanks.

Excellent question.

Excellent Info. Especially about the yacht size in relation to crew or not a crew. As I'm currently looking at Sunseeker 105's. Very helpful!! 👍👍

Your road tripping skills are amazing. I've driven 1650 km in one day, exactly once in my lifetime...never again!!

Another interesting video as always. I think it's fitting you're back home in time for football to come home haha

again thank you for a great video

fantastic channel. congrats on new car. you earned it.

Interesting as always. Did take a look at your Spider, v.nice. Can understand the thinking on the exhaust (noise regs) I’m sure you’ll be careful and buy a valved - would be a shame to remove prospect of occasionally driving it to Genoa in the summer etc. Thanks for a good channel

I will never own or be on board a superyacht, yet I find your videos strangely alluring, i guess it is the pedagogical approach that appeals to me.

Very interesting. You did well :)

very interesting, thank you.

Interesting , Thank You

Nice to see a KZfaqr to know how to hang pictures. Most do not.

Excellent presentation.

Good show!

Complements on the excellent info and the great Porsche shirts you often wear.

Thanks again for an informative video. We all wonder how these owners live. It’s amazing the life you can have with lots of cash. I love boating and could only imagine how cool it would be to have a large yacht.

Great video! I'm curious, in your opinion who makes the best electronics. Also Galley equipment. I really liked this vid. Love that new ride.

Hello, I have been enjoying your channel but have not picked up on what "your" current job is on a super yacht. Thanks for the learning experience of a subject that I will never be a part of. Keep up the great work!

Cancel my question I asked 20 minutes ago!! I have just seen an episode of yours and you answered that very question. Cheers!

A great video. In my case, our A/v is quite simple. I have a 1985 Birchwood 33 (that's feet not metres :) ) It came with a single cassette player !!!! but speakers had been run to each cabin and the pilothouse. The TV was a standalone but flat screen.

Do you often get patrolled ? If yes, when and where and by whom (customs, police, marine police, …) ? Also, what do they usually search for ? Thanks for all your content ! You got me hooked and since I discovered your channel I took my boating license ;)

That's a sweet Porsche, Congrats.

From Porsche 2 Super Yachts...Good day of watching KZfaq👍👍

Captain Christian, I have had looked at your industry as a Licensed Mariner and I found it would be a lot harder than working the commercial side. Too many moving parts with Owner and crew. So, Salute to you Sir. Having said that, I really enjoy the banter.

Same thing with brand new aircraft, there is a period of the first few flight hours where you will have to conduct maintenance here and there. Back when I was flying corporate jets, I lost an engine due to oil pressure on the first month of operations. Of course, since everything was under warranty it was replaced for another brand new engine but as you can imagine, it took some convincing so that the owner would climb aboard again.

My thumbs up is based on media systems. As an old fart inventing the base capability, glad you all sort the new stuff.

Good video!!!

Love your videos...I’m interested in knowing more about who manages the HR on a yacht. So like who do you report to? Who hires you and how does HR generally work in the industry?

didn't realise you know Tristan, that makes me happy.

Luna is such a gorgeous boat! 😍

Great presentation as always. sorry to hear about your car that sounds like the kind of luck I have and if it’s going to happen to somebody it’s probably going to happen to me first sort of the way my luck runs

I’d love to see a tour of the engine room of a super yacht.

I know a family who crews their own 88 foot Sunseeker and enjoys it on weekends

How often does customs search or inspect your vessel?

Love the shirt

Hi. Great channel! Question for your next Q&A:- When you know the owner will be off ship for a long time do the crew sleep in the luxury cabins? Thanks in advance

Another great video Q&A. Have you encountered owners or guests frolicking naked or topless aboard? Any owners have reputations that crew try to avoid?

Questions for the next Q&A: 1. when in port in exotic locations and the boss isn't around, do you get to go visit a bit the place? also, do you ever sail on large sailboats? Like SY Adele?

great info! love the super yachts. still dreaming. how long does it take to clean a super yacht say after a voyage with some guests. of course guestimate on an avg from your experience. do owners interact with with the crew much or usually they just have someone else handle the interaction say like a executive secretary?

I enjoy the channel

What a great video! Are there owner/operators that do charters and such? In other words, the owner is also the captain?

The scene from 19:33 is still my favorite video of yours. I loved the passion the guy had, the tour, and that he could joke and explain about things that are just non-practical/bad ideas on yachts. :)

I love the new car and the "old" one too. What made you chose that over the M2CS?

I just discovered your channel and truly love it. Thanks for all your hard work. I have a couple of odd ball questions. #1 Assuming the Yacht is registered in the Cayman's would it be legal to hire sex workers as crew? I know they would have to have the STCW and G.U.E.S.T training, not sure of other certs needed.(I said they were odd ball questions) If yes would they be legal to work in the Bahama's, the Med, and the Caribbean? #2 how bad are mosquitos on deck in the Bahamas and the Med? #3 If an owner had their own satellites would this improve their internet capabilities or is the system proprietary for yachts? (Not sure if the Crestron system only works with specific providers.) Thanks again for all the vids. Very well done and down to earth.

Anchor breakage? Who is responsible in your example? Great story.

When you are onboard and underway, how do you handle your work schedule? Are you on call 24/7 or do you have shifts that you work each day? When you pull into port, do you get time off to explore the town, city, country side, etc.? Do you get any vacation time or do you rotate on and off duty? Is engineering on duty 24/7 or do you have multiple people splitting the duty cycles, etc.? These questions apply to all crew members. Are crew members allowed to sunbathe or relax on deck if they are off duty?

Thank you for your candid feedback. Did you ever have experience with other control systems eg KRAMER, ELAN, EXTRON, among others? How much is the home automation space influencing newer vessels tech decisions? Home Assistant, Alexa, Siri...

Enjoyed all your vids, thx‼️ Just a simple question for your next Q/A vid: When a superyacht is sold (2nd-hand), does the crew usually stay with it to serve the new owner❓Thanks for answering in advance 🙏🏻

as a long term yacht crew member U see things differently than yacht designers & owners so how would U design U're perfect yacht 1 version purely from U're perspective 2 with still in mind that the owner comes first ^^

What was your most memorable meal aboard a yacht, or what is your favorite food to eat at sea?

Absolutely dig your channel. Both actually. Just did a small pun on you the other day, but you take it like a friend. Sure you survive. Sorry about that.

Love your channel...how can we aplly for a security agent position in a yacht?

Q & A - Do you know if WHY58x38 has been finished and delivered, the owner, and favorite port? Thanks for the great vids. Big fan.

Before she burned and sank off Florida, I was a Crewmember on "Defiance" ( Malcolm Forbes's Highlander III , before Roy Cohn bought it ) . He rarely Chartered the Boat out, but when he did, we fed the guests, and the Crew ate the same food the owner and Charter guests did. I can't imagine that practice continues today, or am I wrong ?

Have you gone on the inland waterways on any of the superyachts you have worked on? Do you know if others regularly do? Rhine, Donau, Kiel canal etc.