The time to plan your exit strategy is when The Man insists on driving the thing while drinking Martini from the bottle. I learned this the hard way.
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Remember that next time you pull up to the gas pump. You are putting cash into Saudi bank accounts. At least all the money spent to buy, maintain, crew, and operate the yacht is cash out of a Saudi pocket.
Who is doing more to support the Saudis? You or that shipfitter?
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did they try and pull it out on a slip way?
We are all entitled to our opinions, but I would be quite careful if I were in a position where I was offering my services to a potential client. Even if you are the preferred bidder, spending the whole meeting trying to convince your client what heâs asking is not really what he wants and that he should rather take what they are offering even though it doesnât really meet the need is not a recipe for success. That really happened and the client literally crossed out the shipbuilderâs name on his pad.
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Amen. Compounding the issue is that the owner has one idea, his âownerâs repâ and project manager may have different views which include relationships that are unknown or counter to the ownerâs vision. Some of which are known by the yard to border on criminal.
The secret to success with the typically less than well informed yacht client is to make sure the owner gets what his team demands but keep a solid paper trail that shows who made what decisions and when.
The customer is always right, even when he is very wrong. Yacht design is an emotional exercise for the owner.
Here is the video of her being refloated.
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Right!
False equivalency and what-aboutism
Ha Ha, thatâs funny but kind of sad.
The Saudis didnât get rich buying or selling yachts.
Youâre just deflecting. I get it your buddy/dad is a yacht builder or whatever. Cool.
I just tell my clients what I think, the best solution is, etc, and thatâs it. I donât waste my time!
Re topic I assume the owner added to much heavy stuff (weight) up top to impress friends and, when there was no fuel/ballast (weight) in the double bottom (when docking for maintenance), the thing just capsized due to lack of stability. It was just a yacht and nobody got hurt. The Master at US$ 25k/months is not supposed to check stability. Only his bank account!
This could be well the cause of the capsize also because I miss signs of heavy hoisting equipment, cranes etc. on the photos of the accident.
Or more likely it just slipped off the narrow cradle type of slipway they use to haul and launch at that yard.
https://www.megatechnica.gr/index.php/en/deltia-typou/video-gallery.html
lots of disasters with slipways and megayachts, I wouldnt let my owner go near one
I must say that could also be a probable cause.
Deck Edge Immersion! Nice, way to go