Rapidly evolving technologies will better protect onboard systems — while also enhancing hackers’ tools to breach them.
Trying to predict what is going to happen with technology and the future is always risky. Technological advancements are happening rapidly, and change is...
For zero-emission goals to be reached, vessels need zero-emission fuels to run on.
The race is on to rid the superyacht industry of fossil fuels. So, what will power yachts of the future? The best clue to what...
From engine parts to flowers, the goods that keep the yacht industry afloat are short on supply and long in coming — ripple effects from the production shutdowns and shipping delays due to COVID-19.
Six weeks of weeks of working luxury day charters in the Hamptons reacquaints a captain with his love of old school wooden yachts, right down to the Spartan helm and roaring Detroit Diesel.
The size and type of boat can be specified, and conditions such as a snowstorm or giant seas can be simulated with very realistic results — right down to the seasickness, if you’re extra focused.
Nimble engineers know there is more than one way to skin a cat.
Despite some setbacks, the world is slowly emerging from the depths of the COVID pandemic. Nations are relaxing their borders, charters are at an all-time high...
“Filters are just a sock in a tin.” That was a scornful remark made by an engineer who had suffered the ignominy of a dress-down by the filter company representative after he had foolishly claimed their filters were good...
Machinery Matters: by Larry D. Rumbol
Iconic singer songwriters are not known for their engineering wisdom, yet James Taylor put it rather succinctly: “I think it’s true what they say about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease.”
He...
Machinery Matters: By Larry D. Rumbol
I once had a charming aunt who used the word hydraulics in place of far more colorful language when something had gone unexpectedly wrong. Little did she know, as an expletive deletive, it was...