LUXURY SUPER YACHT - $15K COMPASS!!! (Captain's Vlog 124)

[@davidbayles6494]

Lock out, tag out on the power circuit. Your knowledge of the boat and requisite rules, regulations and equipment is impressive. The level to which you let viewers into this specialized world is very much respected. Thanx.

[@r.a.monigold9789]

It's all come so far so FAST. Late 70's I was the engineer on a 4 person delivery / recovery team. We drove light freighters (under 300') from Seattle to Alaska for the fish season and brought back "repo" crab boats (250'). The boats had "Sperry Gyros" about the size of your captain's chair. Each had TWO generator supplies, some having a dedicated gen-set (1970 battery technology was just acid covering lead plates within a thick hard rubber box). For the sake of time we were ordered to ALWAYS run the Gulf of Alaska. We only lost a gyro once - in a storm - at night. Luckily the skipper had a Sextant and the sky broke a few times - yes, we made it (we never swung the compass before a trip - $$$). Thanks for the tour...

[@davewright3088]

Loved it..! Picked up an ancient Tokyo Keiki GM-10 Gyrocompass at the Marine Consignment (where old electronics are left and forgotten) last week. Really just wanted it for decoration, the insides of the old mechanical ones are pretty sexy to look at if you are into that sort of thing, and $45 was a fair price for 'art'. Some Googling around yielded a service manual, and with an afternoon of multimeter, soldering iron, and two capacitors, it came to life..! Blows me away that this thing that was made 38 years ago still finds North, and with a quick eyeball sun sight, it looks to be very nearly within original spec. But, no "Wheel Mark"...

[@barrygoffe]

Tristan, I enjoy all your content. This video, and the other ones in which you get into the minute details of how things work and how the marine rules/laws lead to specific operational and equipment decisions are my absolute favorite. One would assume that the skipper would need to know every little detail of their yacht, but you not only seem to know your stuff, but you also display a certain passion and pride for the details which I find laudable. Please keep up all the great work. It's very much appreciated!

[@McTroyd]

Cool! Thanks for showing us the bridge console. Nice reminder that, however clean things may appear, there's always a lot going on beneath the surface...

[@Donald_Shaw]

Glad to see you getting down and dirty under the instrumentation on the bridge. I really enjoy you showing us around AWOL inside and out. Thanks so much Captain Tristan.

[@stephenscott963]

Don’t worry about the mess! For me, all of the videos on your down time have helped me so much as a growing captain! I may be working on a private vessel soon, and know I don’t have to go thru a lot of the things you go thru, but this all helps me greatly! I will be making a large jump from 60’ to 90’ so again this is great! I know each and every vessel had their own pre-departure check list, and arrival check list, plus all the other lists, is there a website or online place I can go to print these all out, then tweet as needed? I know they probably have them onboard, but for a 90’ I’d rather have my own to start studying! Thanks again for all your help, if nobody has told you lately, you are a great captain, and a great help to us little guys, and I’m sure a lot of the larger boat captains! Thanks again! Capt Steve

[@didgerb72]

When I served on Army.Landing Craft in early 90s. All we had was a first gen sat nav the size of a car stereo accurate to 10metres. With all tradional bridge equipment of the day. I liked steering by lubbers line, as it allowed you to see the degress move port to starboard above your head. Meaning not hurting the neck on a compass on a binnicle etc. Nothing better than chart navigating, although Id love to use modern tech. Last time I was at Sea was in 07 on A Tid tug and dutch barge taking sediment off to dumping ground. Weird steering with a stick and computer with programmed heading than z wheel. Esp with skipper doing chart correction and bearing and me shouting On or Off so he coulx get an accurate plot. Not easy on a flat bottom Landing Craft in rough seas lol. I enjoy your videos. Love your vessel. Shame disabled and flat bound most the time. I miss being at sea. When its part of your families history. Its like losing an arm when not at sea. Ill never work again. So Euro millions jackpot and I'm buying disabled friendly yaght with a lift to all decks.

[@bobuncle8704]

This video just goes to show you just how involved the captains job is. You know every component, wire, and switch on your boat/ship. It amazes me every time you do one of the information vlogs the wealth of information you are required to know as a captain of a vessel. I appreciate these videos very much

[@adrianhobbins1230]

Hi Tristan, this video provides really great insight into the challenge of keeping up to code for a commercial vessel. So many regulations to comply with? Perhaps sometime you could briefly run us through some of the interesting new skills you had to learn on your recent course?

[@dierkrieger]

I am in the tower crane industry and we have computer equipment, such as frequency drives which are crazy expensive. They set the owners back around $15 thousand and it's similar in size. I have had to explain to an owner why we fried one once, it was painful.

[@littlearsehole75]

How do you pee when you're up in the crane all day? I've always wondered about that.

[@dierkrieger]

@@littlearsehole75 You hold it, or pee in a bottle. I saw one where the operator ran flexible hose down the side to an outhouse.

[@endren9087]

I work as an airline pilot and its quite fun to hear all the familiar terms that we also have deal with in regards to the regulations, certifications and requirements on the instruments and procedures that we use in aviation. I had to stop and think for a second to be sure you weren't talking about aviation.

[@Nick_G7IZR]

My whole boat was less than your compass when I bought it new 16 years ago! Oh, and my compass was about $45 :)

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

😂👍

[@ZoliAkiApa]

I don’t even have a compass. I boat on river, never got lost 😂

[@MartinPHellwig]

As a rough rule of thumb I use for when you buy an instrument and it mentioned the following words 'Guaranteed, Certified and/or Calibrated' you double the price for each of those mentioned words. So yeah 15K sounds about right, production cost is probably around 1750.

[@markchip1]

The reason for "Wheel-Marked" equipment being several times the cost of non-commercial equipment - yet not performing any extra or better functions - is because, due to such vessels carrying passengers, they require a higher standard of reliability and failsafe measures. So all components must be of the highest quality and construction. Furthermore all these components must have been given extra detailed design considerations, testing, quality control and so on. This all costs money, with no obvious signs of being better! Lastly the providers need to stand behind their products 100% and, if necessary, travel internationally at no notice to make emergency repairs. That level of support does not come cheap either. So the extra expense is entirely understandable, even though it's an unwelcome burden. It's really the same as the extra costs of having the best emergency and survival equipment/fire control AND spending a good chunk of change each year getting it serviced. Whereas a casual sailor would have the same old life-jackets, flares, etc. for 10 years and never touch them! Their radar/GPS/etc. would only get replaced typically when it fails. A commercial vessel can't afford to have things fail - hence the money is spent!

[@kingneptune8937]

Even the mattresses have to have the wheel mark. We've just bought 4 single mattresses at a ridiculous price, ok there fire retardant, putting down a vinyl deck is approximately €600 a meter rising to thousands a meter.

[@forrestnelson4429]

I replaced some of these similar type systems on military aircraft... yeah 15k is a steal. We would drop between 250-500k each on the two required.

[@herrpepe1355]

Dear lawd, truly impressive that you manage to remember what all equipment around the boat does

[@Unitedflyier]

Interesting how similar marine and aviation systems and redundancy work.

[@FaradHusky]

At least a Simrad GC80 lasts 5-8 years per sphere on average, and up to 10-12 if you are pushing your luck... Clean the slip rings every 2 years and you're good to go for many years to come :)

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

You know your stuff 😎

[@dan5641]

Love the behind the scenes stuff. Thanks Tristan. But now I'm depressed because your "electrical cabinet" in the Helm station is 3 times as big as my "master cabin" on my sailboat... Keep up the good stuff!

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

Edelweiss 😂😂

[@paulkersey2179]

SYC, the certifications, like your license is like insurance ,knowing we are being taken care of by professionals and equipment that have proven their proficiency make the world just a little safer so we can enjoy life and leave the worrying to the professionals.

[@caseybhargraves3696]

You really know every inch of your vessel... great job!!

[@michaelgarlickmovies]

As always, useful and very informative.

[@scottdavin27]

I dig the behind the science look at the helm and nav electronics. As I’ve told you in the past I build Indycars and work for Andretti Autosport. One of my duties is installing all the electronics on the car. There are like 15 different computers on board and they all have to talk to each other. They are all milspec type electronics, to handle all the forces that an IndyCar goes through. Again thanks again for the look around. Best wishes to you. If you ever make it to Indianapolis I would love to show ya around! Cheers!

[@JohnChvatalGSTV]

The expense to outfit a commercial vessel with nav and com equipment reminds me of aviation. A neighbor of mine bought an airplane for about $40,000. He is in the process of outfitting it for flying on instruments (IFR). When he is finished, he will have spent an additional $40k!

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

WOW. Unfortunately it’s part of the game.

[@JohnChvatalGSTV]

Super Yacht Captain you’ve got that right... Though in the case of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), they are always play catch up to changes in technology. Here in the USA, people can build their own airplanes and register them with the FAA as an experimental. These owner-built airplanes can then use non-certified avionics. Some of these avionics systems are more advanced than what is found on some airliners. Also, these systems often cost less. The downside is these experimental aircraft cannot be used in a commercial capacity.

[@robmccall5017]

Try using an EXTERN stand-alone Microphone like e.g the „Rode-wireless Mic, attaches to Your Shirt/polo. You often have disturbing Noise from your Mic! Besides good Video as always.

[@eebasement4530]

Sanlorenzo standard of 20 years ago ... love it sturdy and boaty , you get a lot of "meat" for yer money.

[@paulbuckberry7683]

Thanks Tristan, I much prefer this style of informative video.

[@rodtrevor2315]

Great video captain I really love the more technical ones like this. This is my background and love to hear about the bigger boats. Keep them coming please.

[@56Spookdog]

I’m surprised that you have a powder extinguisher with all the electrical & electronics on the bridge instead of a Co2 or Halon type one.

[@littlearsehole75]

That was nerdy. I loved it.

[@alsdrone6250]

Love these vlogs, have you done anything on what flags you fly and when you fly them? If not could you? 😁

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

alwyn farmer sure, good idea

[@alsdrone6250]

Thanks for that captain look forward to it 😁

[@inglete9391]

Great videoTristan

[@patricklindahl868]

Have you considered GPS-compass? Such a compass has two (sometimes three) GPS antennas built in, in each end of something that looks like a skateboard (often white) on a pole. The electronics calculate the true course 10-20 times a second and shows the correct heading and attitude data despite of your own speed. Accuracy is 0.2 - 0.4 degrees depending on price.

[@demonknight7965]

once you get Awol back in the water can you do a quick video going over the bridge extensions on the outside? what controls and readouts there are and how they are deployed?

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

DemonKnight Gaming Good idea. 👍

[@chrish2996]

Hi Tristan. Everything costs money but if its for a marine purpose it will always cost double. Essential equipment.

[@prettyboyjesse]

Fascinating! What type of MFD’s do you use? I work for Garmin in our Marine division. You guys probably use something larger and more commercial than our stuff. Fun to see what you do and how life is on a larger vessel. Thank you for making these videos.

[@davehester7349]

Whoa....you have tons of info...locked away in that head.....lol...great vid as always. That was very informative. Thanks

[@timlucas4014]

Terms etc are very similar to aviation However The gryo compass we use are now normally called AHRS units that use ring laser technology and cost approx one hundred thousand dollars even on the smaller Aircraft ( and larger helicopters)

[@christopherjohnson3520]

Nice Super Yacht Commander! Awesome. Back In the Game. CJ

[@colingrant321]

Safety compliant certified systems always cost much more. They can also be found in Aviation and anywhere else where total system failure can or will endanger human life. eg. Manufacturing. A big part of why cheap consumer goods are manufactured in the East is due to a lack of safety compliant systems. It's not just about lower pay rates.

[@jaquigreenlees]

And if you go far enough North only that gyro compass will be usable for navigation. Once you enter the Arctic circle magnetic compasses are to badly deviated by the shifting of the magnetic North pole.

[@jshrawder49]

That was so interesting!!! Did not know about the updating part. Makes sense.

[@karlp8484]

I had to talk to a vessel a couple of times per day for several weeks using INMARSAT. I saw the bill and I nearly fell over.

[@mikepattyshu]

great video. i cant wait to win the sweepstakes, so i can see it first hand.

[@10lauset]

You could use a gimbal for your phone/camera. Cheers

[@christopherjohnson3520]

So Commander. Now that you have a Big Boat License. Will you try & do training on a Large White Boat to gain experience for the Future? That would be Very Interesting to Watch if you do. Two Great Captains explaining to us the intricacies of piloting a real large vessel. Your Channel is very Inspirational to me & I always look forward to the progress of your career. Your One Sharp Guy. Hopefully in 25 years your the Captain of one of the Worlds Biggest Super Yachts. Imagine being the Captain of “Dilbar”!!!! That would be Pretty Cool, Right!!!! Look Out! Dilbar coming Through!!!! CJ

[@Orchardman53]

I was hoping you'd announce that you have large Quadrantal Spheres.

[@r.a.monigold9789]

One painted red and the other green - great place to fidget when you've got the dog watch.

[@tonyb7779]

Thank your lucky stars you are not the owner and do not have to pay the bills. This boat seems to be eating through money.

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

Believe me, AWOL feels like mine and these costs hurt me a lot more than the owner.

[@miceinoz1181]

Must admit, thought the modern boat would run a strap down laser ring gyro like in commercial aircraft navigation systems. Modern business aircraft have small units that are very accurate and uodated from GPS too. How is the gyro adjusted for precession during operation, does it have a GPS update feature?

[@cracktower3613]

. Interesting - Even a Zillion dollar Yacht, has a place to pile up the unsightly odds and ends out of sight / Under the Steering Wheel - Electronics Pilots Dashboard - in the Wheel House - Interesting -

[@paulpatton5093]

Great video!

[@kevinmccarthy2793]

Captain, I have a question: When you are anchoring in a bay or along the coast, are there rules on where you can anchor? I know that you have to anchor so far from other boats and stuff, but do you just pick a spot and it's first come first serve?

[@fastasfox]

@Ringa Fullman I don't think he was asking you....shhhhh.

[@rodneysimms6080]

Depends on where you are. In many bays in the USA at least the adjacent municipality has “claimed” the sea bed and regulates non emergency anchoring. I can’t imagine the EU is much different.

[@gregoryallen5244]

I enjoyed the showing of whats underneath, however it did appear to be UNSAFELY cluttered under there, with so mant items UNSECURED....

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

Gregory Allen agreed, as I mentioned, its all out of place because they’re still installing the Gyro. 👍

[@gregoryallen5244]

Be nice to see it after the work has finished.

[@Frank-cj8fv]

Bit surprised to see combustables in the compartment under the cockpit with all that hot equipment!

[@JCrook1028]

"hot equipment" but yet the area is not hot because it has it's own AC unit in there.

[@IronManHoddy]

Hi Tristan, fabulous yacht and brilliant crew. Can you tell me what first aid equipment and training you have to certify for to remain coded? Do you carry portable defibrillator? Cheers and keep up the great videos

[@Andrew279144]

Now we all know why it costs hundreds of thousands a week to charter one of these yachts......

[@livinthelife4968]

Hi Tristen, when you opened that door to the electronics guys like me were having a electronic heartbeat. That was so cool to get to see that....I could spend a week in there looking around. Question, how is the coronavirus effecting your launch date?

[@lgriestra]

Wow! What a great video. Many thanks!

[@benhesterly462]

WOW, how complicated.

[@esdeekay4344]

Regarding extinguishers, I have no i idea what the maritime requirements demand You to have on board. But powder extinguishers can cause a lot of damage to electronics and attracts moisture, if not properly cleaned after usage. CO2 is a safer alternative but is less powerful than P1. A few years ago, we've had a fire in a server room at a chemical plant and they managed to put it out with a powder extinguisher. But a few months later, the plant was forced to shut down for a few weeks due to corrosion on the electronic motherboards. With a production loss of around one million Euro a day, all server rooms are now equipped with an automatic CO2 system.

[@colintraveller]

How often do you have lifeboat drills ? How often do those who charter yacht actually ever experience Lifeboat drill's .. And are they ever taught known which Fire Extinguisher is used for what ??? How many lifejackets does the vessel your on have an are they easy accessible . How many Life rafts does the vessel have ??? How many Fire Extinguishers does the vessel have ?? Does the vessel have a Water sprinkler system ?? Why is that Powder FE hidden out of sight when it should be placed within easy reach of those on the Bridge , time and speed is paramount when any fire breaks out . Same with the Life jackets should never be hidden out of sight always be in plain view

[@robertfrost1683]

When are you going to upgrade the electronics ? The screens are 10 years old, and the technology has improved a lot. The Magnetic declination is important. Are the breakers locked out with a padlock to prevent electrification ?

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

The 2 ECDIS screens are from 2017 and the other 3 are going strong. The hardware on the other hand have been updated and changed also in 2017

[@Evo9john]

@@SuperYachtCaptain Hi Tristan. I'm curious, are 4:3 screens still standard with ECDIS systems or are they moving towards 16:9 or similar aspect ratios now?

[@wjhann4836]

@@Evo9john I saw many 4:3 Displays on Düsseldorf Boat Show. The Displays them self are "simply" Displays. BUT - they have to have a long durability, stand high temperatures and a high illumination. I'm not familiar, but I expect something like a DVI interconnect. So - due to that requirements, they are a long time sold - and not so much affected by fashion.

[@robertfrederick9061]

Where's the sextant? Surely you know how to command such a basic navigation backup device.

[@daskraut5914]

If Awol sells, Your boss better buy a bigger boat and keep you as captain. It seems that your heart and soul is so into your job. I don't think anyone could play catchup to how much you know about Awol, probably every square foot of the boat. Keep up the good work, you will be on the water again soon.

[@jaime8974]

i thought a good captain would use the stars for navigation.....

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

Interesting, because I thought a good captain will use every possible mean of navigation to ensure the correct passage 😉

[@jaime8974]

@@SuperYachtCaptain did blackbeard use a compass?

[@8atlantic8]

Watching this after spending 3 hours doing paper chart corrections 😩

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

8atlantic8 I feel for you matey. 💪

[@jurriaanvanderlinden3605]

Apologies for the mess is accepted. As long as AWOL is not in the water, it's better to cover your equipment against the dust from work on the exterior.

[@thomaspavelko9412]

Makes you wonder how those simple poor explorers got anywere especially knew were north was without a $50,000 compass....savagery!

[@hawkmoe2789]

that was interesting...

[@damoupit]

13 05 gave you got enough I k for your printer

[@Richard-wk9le]

If I may, I would like to suggest 1.A camera system inside that electronics cabinet 2. Both smoke and Co detectors and a complete Halon fire suppression system. and have a come chart/map of the circuit breakers that would shut down everything under there and train all personal how to use it because if a electrical fire breaks out under there it will be big. One last thing in firefighting there is what is called added fire load i.e. things that people bring into a structure or onto a Boat in this case- using equipment cabinets as storage lockers is not a good idea.

[@r.a.monigold9789]

Good calls.

[@jeffgaskell3705]

Halon is banned on ships ( also generally I think,) for some years now. Tristan may not have shown them, but there will be smoke detectors in that space.

[@wjhann4836]

Thank you Tristan again a fine video. I was astonished that the electronic compartment is so small and labyrinthine. Also a little bit wondering, that the emergency equipment seems to be able to slide around - or will there be some locking for that? Next: Formerly I thought that the gyro itself is normally installed deep down in the ship so it gets less movement (was told by a navy officer). So I would have expected the gyro down either in the engine control room or somewhere at the crew area.

[@jcl410]

I used top take cruises in the 1990's aboard the SS Independence. She was a steamship built in the early 1950's On the bridge tours they liked to "show off" their original gyroscope. It was located right behind the bridge next to the chart table. The gyro unit was about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide! (1.3m x 1m) It took up a lot of room

[@jcl410]

I used top take cruises in the 1990's aboard the SS Independence. She was a steamship built in the early 1950's On the bridge tours they liked to "show off" their original gyroscope. It was located right behind the bridge next to the chart table. The gyro unit was about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide! (1.3m x 1m) It took up a lot of room

[@alphaviews4639]

Hey, my Iphone has the same thing.

[@rogeurroger7119]

I was waiting for a video about nav systems. Thank you!

[@JakeStrada]

Is it standard practice to say have a full rehaul every 10years on average? due to out dated equipment, tech and such like

[@timbolton129]

Looks like health& safety issue on the floor underneath?

[@dougf94912]

Fascinating stuff! How do you avoid confusion on the bridge between devices that indicate true North (gyro-compass) and magnetic North? I assume your GPS displays can be set to true? In the event of a catastrophic electronics failure where you had to revert to paper charts and a magnetic compass you'd have to remember to account for magnetic variation as well as the compass's deviation also, do you evr practice this, just in case?

[@leonardorusso6648]

Is it Tavolara Island in the thumbnail?

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

😎 yes it is.

[@livinthelife4968]

By the way, sitting on the edge of my seat waiting on AWOL to be in the water.

[@daveharvey2482]

I have watched most of your Vlog's Tristan, and I am amazed at the cost and on-going investment required to maintain something for six months of the year, it seems to me a luxury super yacht is a money pit, and from my point of view it would be more sensible to rent one for a few weeks as this would be far cheaper proposition than owning one, what are your views on this? yes it would be nice to own one, but the owner never seems to use it that often.

[@JCrook1028]

If you need ask the cost for a super yacht you can't afford it. If you can afford it the costs don't matter. Yea chartering takes the edge off the costs but it is not a money making enterprise, especially working only part time as AWOL does.

[@daveharvey2482]

@@JCrook1028 I might never be in a position to afford one, but if i ever was I would purchase one that could be used all year round to justify the expense

[@davidbayles6494]

A boat is a hole in the water you pour money into. While owners appreciate their boats, the boats do not return that appreciation for the owners.

[@stefanknorsch]

Very good idea to stow a fire extinguisher, life raft and emergency fireworks in a compartment which is bad to reach and which might be an area where a fire could start due to a short cut. 🙄

[@bas6983]

Bad gyro dying only after 10y. Normally a heavily used ships gyro will last at least 20/25years. Given proper maintenance is followed and the gyro has a proper overhaul every year and a sphere replacement every 5years.

[@JimBobe]

Nope! Unnecessary! I’ll stick with my iPhone’s compass. $15k saved.

[@pounceonyou1958]

Thanks, could you please do an episode on whether the earth is flat or sphere shaped, as there are many flat earthers around, that need to hear from a ship captain, I will share your video on this far and wide.

[@sgtkingking2228]

The earth is round otherwise cats would knock everything off it..........

[@SuperYachtCaptain]

😂 too good. Thank you

[@pixelgraphica]

@@sgtkingking2228 Hahahaha the cats comment! So true.

[@JCrook1028]

lol, flat earthers sharing their nuttiness over the internet which uses satellites.... idiots all of them. Pure idiots.

[@cleanhabitats]

We don't care - show us what's behind the bar. And I just got a deviation card.

[@dylanscott9841]

First

[@philthomas6038]

ur 3rd ....and saddest

[@cs4723]

My compass cost £3.99 from halfords, you got ripped off :)