Cover » Technology » Technology

ENTERTAINMENT: A MOVIE AFTERNOON

Super Yachts Review nº 040

Medenisa and Thomas Edison Europe have joined forces to create projects on demand for audio and video equipment that can turn a yacht into the best imaginable cinema.The owners will be able to enjoy the entertainment on board in an infinite array of possibilities.

One of the places in which a film is enjoyed at its best is, although it can seem paradoxical, on a yacht.That refuge from the daily challenges on which the holidays allow to lower the pace of life and to enjoy ones free and personal time.To make the most of this time to enjoy the sea is usual, but it is also easy to find in the afternoon, when the body already requires physical inactivity, the time when a film enjoyed in comfortable conditions gives the most pleasure. That is what Nicolas Molin More...

SPIN-YACHT: EXPERIENCE IN ALARM MANAGEMENT

Super Yachts Review nº 040

The Spin-Yacht alarm module integrates all of its functions within a handful of displays. It allows you to make the most of the broad range of possibilities that programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) offer for the care and service of a yacht. Salvador Doménech.

To be able to count on a proper monitoring and management system for the various alarm situations that can occur on board benefits a yacht’s safety and greatly aids the captain, or any other person in charge, in carrying out daily functions. Even though the regulations only require a system of this sort in yachts of over 24 meters in length, any yacht with a certain level of complexity tends to resort to some type of assistance in this sense. The Spin-Yacht system alarm module collects varied in More...

MEGA YACHT SAILS: "HAUTE COUTURE" BEATS "PRÊT-À-PORTER"

Super Yachts Review nº 039

Thanks to: Toni Tió Velas and Quantum Sails MORE THAN JUST FASHION Super yacht sailmakers do not follow fashion trends nor adhere to personal tastes, but rather must strictly conform to the advances made through technological research in sail design as well as its materials—which is quite logical considering the peculiar idiosyncrasies of their clients. I hope, therefore, that it is not inappropriate to resort to terms that nowadays transcend the different languages of the the More...

ENGINE ROOM (lI)

Super Yachts Review nº 037

The engine room of a large luxury sailing yacht shares a certain identity with the yacht, unmistakably reflecting the priorities of its design. Amongst so much singularity one thing stands out that all have in common: space and weight limitations determine a selection of highperformance, low-maintenance equipment and components.

These qualities distinguish it from its counterparts in motor yachts. This identity is achieved thanks to the valuable contributions of designers, project managers and shipyard naval architects in the determination to create the ideal sailboat, which could be said to be not just one but rather one per owner. Even in standardized units the specificity between the models of different makes is also recognized. Style, appearance and performance are different from one to another in the same way that More...

ENGINE ROOM: BEAUTY IN THE HEART OF THE BEST

Super Yachts Review nº 035

The engine room is the single most important space of a super yacht as it contains all of the equipment essential to its running properly, as well as most of its technical installations. This combination of impor tance and necessity places a responsibility on the engineer that is at least as serious as that of his superior, the captain. His working day is filled with a series of routine checks, and he is ever aware that at the slightest sign of malfunction he has to react as best he can More...

SURVEILLANCE: BETTER SURE THAN JUST INSURED

Super Yachts Review nº 034

A subject directly related to the individual value and itinerary of each yacht completes this series dedicated to the systems characteristic of all super yachts: Surveillance.

The double function of super yachts as both sailing vessels and homes away from home, added to the fact that they are continuously underway, results in the necessity to insure the yachts, their passengers and their belongings in a very special manner. As a result, in addition to the obligatory safety equipment required we can also find a number of different items such as mass or movement sensors, day and night marine cameras, wave analyzers and other accessories on board. All of these More...

ENTERTAINMENT: LIGHT, SOUND AND ACTION

Super Yachts Review nº 033

Having a quality entertainment system has become something characteristic for the large lengths. Songs and films are à la carte, digital TV, mail and Internet. The systems are integrated in the decoration, in the atmosphere, with the illumination and the climate.

Moments of unusual authenticity are usually lived on board of a yacht. To recognize that the entertainment systems take part in many of those situations helps to understand the importance given to them. A good installation can equal, and depending on how we look at it, exceed a domestic one, as it will let notice its effect in the different places where it is installed. After great doses of dedicated effort to design, to install it and to fine tune it, the sound, the image and the cinema are More...

ON COURSE: ON COURSE REMOTE CONTROLLED YACHTS (II)

Super Yachts Review nº 032

The cutting edge advances in electronics, computer, and communication technology permit almost total interrelation among the ship’s equipment. In the second article of Charting the Course to the Remote Control Yacht, we analyse the products designed for monitoring which are most commonly used in the Spanish market.

In the previous issue of Grandes Esloras, after reviewing several basic questions concerning monitoring, we consider the common aspects which allow us to discuss product ranges (alarms, bridge, domotics, reports) and we review their distinguishing features. Here, we shall only examine several solutions but we will provide a specific vision of their major tools and features. The products that we mention below can be considered as representative of their category. Their accessibility in the More...

ON COURSE: ON COURSE FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED YACHTS

Super Yachts Review nº 031

Monitoring and control systems are being installed nowadays in a growing number of yachts. Despite this, because few details are given about them, it is not easy to get an idea of the role they play on board. Although common sense warns against yachts being remotely controlled, it has been confirmed that these systems are reliable and they are arousing a great deal of interest.

For monitoring systems to cease being exclusive to larger-sized yachts seems to be simply a question of time. And although the revolution may not be comparable to that caused by GPS, we can be fairly sure that the best is yet to come. Technology advances swiftly, so the range of possibilities is growing, and the results are increasingly accessible for a larger and more varied fleet. Furthermore, it should be remembered that a monitoring system has direct repercussions in terms of a yacht’s More...

ELEMENTS TO TRIM: INTERCEPTOR, INTRUDER, QL

Super Yachts Review nº 031

The origin of Interceptor, Intruder, and QL, the three trim systems which have replaced traditional flaps can be found in the professional sector, specifically in high-speed ferries. Mounting conventional flap systems on highspeed passenger ships usually involves a major difficulty since there is frequently no space in the stern for large appendages such as flaps. The large scale plates and the corresponding hydraulic pistons required to move them do not fit in the stern of these ships, which More...