Paul Madden introduces Xplorer Yachts™ New Build projects. Episode 3 in the Series.

[@MrMoparty]

Great info✌️. Good to see hull efficiency and hybrid systems getting traction.

[@tiomoidofangle102]

Markets never stop.

[@tonyspencer9350]

My dream, my fantasy is to build a boat with you. Life is all about our dreams.

[@GaryCSchade]

Reminds me of The Phoenix incident

[@mr.re.]

Hi Paul keep these excellent shows coming. How tall are these modern "sails"?

[@ExpeditionYachts]

The Oceanwing on our new build is about 30m/100ft high. The Dynarig masts on Black Pearl are 70m/230ft.

[@Kong_WR]

Commercial hulls always seem to be wider than white yachts, not sure if that's a plus or a minus? or if lengthening a narrower hull would be an option?.

[@ExpeditionYachts]

True. Commercial hulls optimize volume and weight-carrying capacity, but also need to hit speed and economy goals. Stability is greater than it might be on a more narrow yacht because they have to be stable at varying load levels. Yachts will operate within a narrower weight range as they do not carry cargo, and these days they all have stabilizers, which creates the stability they need. Narrower hulls will need stronger stabilization, which takes power and creates resistance.

[@paraweir]

Interesting...

[@radeksparowski7174]

need a floating solar power plant which is a liveaboard houseboat capable of oceanic travel, ideally catamaran to maximise inner space and outer shell that is to be covered by solar panels like a glasshouse, redundancy on all important systems, a spartan outfit with big walkinfreezers to load it up with food and have an autark steerable island, for insurance/harbor/licence/fees purposes under 80feet so can be catpained by the owner and house a family of 6-8 people indefinitely...... up until we have thorium based molten salt reactors sized up to a shipping container or better like a barrel, than it would power almost indifinitely an ark in style of those from the 2012 movie just sized down apropriately /maybe adding submersible capabilities/

[@clifbradley]

Paul breaking it all down. You still haven't told me who makes the profit off the stuff thats offloaded from the comversion ships. All the pumps, fittings, tanks, equipment etc. Does the shipyard ,keep that money simce they removed it or does the owner get that money since they bought the ship as is? Either way, hopefully it's not just all sold as scrap metal.

[@ExpeditionYachts]

The careful removal of systems, tanks, hydraulics etc. is easy when you are scrapping a boat, but very time consuming and requiring skills when you want to extricate the gear without impacting the systems you are keeping. At the end of the day, you need to find an experienced scrapper with the proper skill set and when you way the costs of removal against the scrap value, the numbers usually end up being a 'wash'. You give them the metals in exchange for them doing a careful removal. However, if you have unwanted deck gear, like a massive deck crane or rescue boat davits, those are items you can sell.

[@premitive1]

One imagines that depends heavily on the desirability of the removed equipment, and the knowledge of those in charge of the changes. But imagine that you're refitting a ship with several years if not decades on it, the equipment likely doesn't have much resale value for use.