September 2012

Yacht Focus
News and information for the yacht industry
A Lloyd’s Register supplement

Why everyone’s
talking about glass
Some novel approaches to yachtbuilding

In this issue:
–
Where have all
the spaces gone?
Why Mediterranean countries
are on a mission to build berths
–
A tale of two codes
Everything yacht owners need
to know about key legislation
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Contents
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Cover story
Why everyone’s talking about glass
The head of a team of Dutch naval
architects talks about design concepts and
some novel ways of using building materials
08 Berths shortage is forcing owners
to reconsider their options
Industry leaders in the south-eastern
Mediterranean are devising schemes and
marinas to create more spaces for owners
to moor their yachts
10 A tale of two codes
Two Lloyd’s Register specialists discuss the
implications for owners of some key
pieces of legislation
01 Shadow yachts are a lifestyle choice However even though superyachts continue
02 Why everyone’s talking about glass addition to the high cost per square foot
06 What the yacht owner needs to know about glass consider using shadow yachts or support
07 Amels wins green seal of approval freeing up valuable space on their yachts.
08 Berths shortage is forcing owners to reconsider their options Printed on Soporset Premium Offset from the
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13 Training and refits head the Marseille agenda
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Shadow yachts are
a lifestyle choice
As owners’ accessories expand and multiply, a smaller vessel to carry their
equipment and extras is becoming an essential add-on for some owners
A lifestyle on the ocean wave is what
appeals to today’s superyacht owner.
Whether it is a speedboat, several sets
of jet-skis, a sailing dinghy, a submarine,
a sports car, a small plane or a helicopter,
the variety of extra equipment and gadgets
on modern vessels is seemingly endless.
to grow, space is at a premium. This, in
for today’s vessels, has led owners to
craft to carry their toys and accessories, so
A shadow yacht also helps to eliminate
the need for large side-shell openings
and complex handling systems on a
superyacht. They are smaller and more
compact than their charges and often
include such key features as large galleys,
water-making devices, waste management
systems and walk-in refrigerators.
One of the vessels being launched at this
year’s Monaco Yacht Show is Garçon,
Amels’ Sea Axe fast support vessel built
by Holland’s Damen Shipyards. The vessel
has 235 m2 of deck space for owners’
accessories and a SOLAS-certified helipad
for commercial use.
“A support craft can be a real advantage
to a yacht owner as yachts grow larger
and reach the 3,000 tonne level. Once
a yacht reaches a certain size, its manning
and accommodation requirements change
and using a support craft avoids the
need to fit a lot of extra accessories,”
said Garçon project manager Simon
England of UK-based SE Marine, who
advised the owner on specifications
and technical design.
“A support craft can also carry extra fuel
for a superyacht and act as a re-fuelling
station, so it does not have to seek a port
for re-fuelling and thus affect its itinerary.
The vessel can also travel ahead of the
superyacht and help plan the logistics of
her voyage,” he said.
Shadow yachts are a lifestyle choice
Garçon, Amels’ Sea Axe support vessel.
Class notation: | 100A1 SSC Support Yacht Craft
G6 | LMC, UMS
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has recently recognised
the specialist roles of shadow yachts
and introduced an appropriate class notation
(Support Yacht Craft) and pragmatic
requirements derived specifically for this
type of craft – from the sill heights of door
openings and ventilators, to windows,
portlights and accessible port areas.
LR pioneered the concept of the support
vessel with the classification of the US-built
Golden Shadow, a 66 metre long vessel
which has supported the superyacht Golden
Odyssey since 1995. Although many, like
Amels’ Sea Axe, are custom-built others
are specially converted research vessels,
tug boats or supply ships.
For further information contact
Engel-Jan de Boer, Lloyd’s Register’s
Marine Planning and Research Manager
for Western Europe, Rotterdam
E englejan.deboer@lr.org
T +31 (0)50 539558
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2011
Why everyone’s
talking about
Many yacht owners like to be as close to the water
as possible which has given designers and architects
some innovative ideas
Artist’s impression of the Breathe concept:
The light hull and dark shells and funnels create a
natural flow of air on the outside decks
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Imagine sampling the luxuries of an
ocean-going cruise in a glass bubble. Crazy,
impractical and impossible though it may
sound, the idea may not be quite as
far-fetched as it seems.
For a team of ingenious engineers and
scientists from the Dutch yacht designer De
Voogt Naval Architects have been moulding
and shaping their own glasswork for the hulls
and interiors of some of today’s largest and
most streamlined superyachts.
“Owners like to see what’s going on under
a yacht’s waterline – whether it’s aquatic life
or the contours of a coral reef and so our
design team have been working with glass
for yacht superstructures since 2006. After all
it has been used by architects in the building
industry for years whether for glass lifts
or glass-panelled exteriors,” said Ronno
Shouten, head of the Haarlem-based
company’s design studio.
Why everyone’s talking about glass
But because of its brittleness, handling
glass needs rare skill particularly when it
involves such designer-led features as
curved, and in some cases double curved,
panels and glass walls that open and
close on sea-going yachts. Other more
technical applications include using
aluminium tubes to carry superstructure
loads with glass panels bonded to a vessel’s
outer shell.
On a more technical note, De Voogt uses
computer analyses to test glass stress levels,
a concept it is now putting into practice
with the delivery of its first superyacht
fitted with glass below her waterline.
Meanwhile an ISO glass standards working
group is studying the properties of using
glass in yachts (see page 5). Their findings Ronno Schouten, De Voogt’s
will play a key role in the structural rules Head of Studio
needed for yachts that are built using
these advanced methods.
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Breathing freely
De Voogt has the distinction of being one
of the yachting industry’s leading propulsion
pioneers. One of its most novel concepts
is known as Breathe which, like many
innovative designs, is refreshingly simple
and uses a minimum of components.
Basically, Breathe is a hydrodynamic concept
that reduces a superyacht’s fuel consumption
by 20%-40% at cruising speed and 10%
at top speed. To help achieve these
exceptional figures, the vessel’s hull has
a wedge-like shape with her centre of
buoyancy far aft.
One of Breathe’s more revolutionary
features is that it uses one instead of two
propellers with a medium-speed diesel
engine. The single shaft propulsion gives
the vessel less appendage-related drag
while its propulsion efficiency is increased
with a 5% larger-than-normal diameter
main propeller and a heavier main engine
using around 9% less fuel.
Engel-Jan de Boer, Lloyd’s Register’s Marine
Planning and Research Manager for
Western Europe, said; “With LR’s presence
in the Netherlands since 1868, the first
LR Register of Yachts being published
in 1878, and the establishment of
“Ingenieursbureau voor de scheepsbouw H
W De Voogt” (Shipbuilding Engineering
Office H.W. de Voogt) in 1922, there is a
rich history of co-operation between our
two companies.
“As the size, sophistication and complexity
of yachts continuously increases, so have
both companies increased in size in order
to provide a premium product expected
by the industry
“Safety, quality and the environment is
what LR stands for. Add to this aesthetically
pleasing, superior comfort and reliability
and you are talking about a yacht
engineered by De Voogt Naval Architects.
“Feadship and LR are both well known
brand names in the yacht industry related
to quality, safety and reliability. It’s a
strong relationship,” added Rotterdam-
based de Boer.
Baton Rouge: on a seagoing trip
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Breathe propulsion system: One of its key features is a
contra-rotating thruster just aft of the main propeller
Much of the concept stems from nature such
as a ventilation system based on the cooling
properties of a zebra’s alternating stripes,
stabilisers that behave like whale’s fins
to generate lift and solar cells based on
natural materials. “Nature’s inventions are
on many occasions far more efficient than
anything humans can devise,” said Shouten.
“Combined with the superyacht’s hull
optimisation, reduced appendage drag,
single-screw propulsion, contra-rotating
propeller and medium speed engine,
these features will show owners how
sustainable development can reduce
a vessel’s operating costs”.
Decisions, decisions, decisions
Choosing the design and specifications of
a multi-million dollar superyacht can be
a daunting prospect for a new owner. So
to help prospective buyers choose their
dreamboat of the future, De Voogt has been
running a series of projects called Future
Concept Feadship (Feadship is the name of
its parent company) at the Monaco and Fort
Lauderdale yacht shows.
“The main reason we began presenting these
concepts was to inspire clients to do different
things, as four years (the time it takes to build
the average superyacht) is a bit too long to get
a reaction to a design or an innovation,”
Schouten told Yacht Focus when we visited
the company’s Holland office recently.
“Some clients know exactly what they
want because they come from a tradition
of yachting. Then there are those who may
be new to yachting or who don’t need
or want the traditional type of boat, who
are open to new ideas,” he said.
De Voogt’s team of 100 designers, naval
architects and engineers then draws on
the ideas and information from these concept
sessions to help create the company’s designs
of tomorrow.
Lloyd’s Register’s Marine Planning
and Research Manager for Western Europe,
Engel-Jan de Boer, said: “De Voogt Naval
Architects and Lloyd’s Register have
strengthened their business partnership, not
just through standard classification, statutory
certification and design appraisal but also
by providing design support with innovative
features for which there aren’t always known
rules and regulations.
“This ensures both companies remain at
the forefront of technology, at times crossing
the boundaries into the unknown while
always ensuring the quality and safety for
which both companies stand.”
The new ISO 11336 standard
A new standard for glass in large yachts,
ISO 11336, was issued in July this year.
The fine details of the standard have been
drafted by the ISO glass standard working
group on safety of large yachts, TC8/S12/
WG2. The group includes classification
society specialists, glazing manufacturers,
builders and flag state representatives.
Lloyd’s Register’s Frans Verbaas, a member
of the working group, says: “In comparison
with the existing standards for marine
glazing, ISO 11336 offers a method of
calculating the design pressure appropriate
to yachts 24-90 metres long.
“The standard’s philosophy is to consider
glass as a structural material in its own right,
coming with its own proper certification
and inspection scheme.
Why everyone’s talking about glass
Life in a bubble
The approach to a seaview bubble would
be similar to the approach we use for sonar
domes in warships, says Lloyd’s Register Lead
Technical Specialist Frans Verbaas. “Technically the
bubbles would need to be located in a moon pool
which just happens to be closed at the bottom by
glass. Access would be from the freeboard deck with
proper weatherproof enclosures.
“Structural examination of such a bubble would be
on the basis of direct calculation to the
characteristic breaking strength of the material.
Post-failure analysis and risk assessment
would be part of the examination.”
“Under ISO 11336, laminated chemically “Curved glazing and structural carrying
strengthened glazing is recognised as glazing are as yet considered outside
the standard for today’s yachts, and methods the priority of the working group, but
for qualification and testing are defined. the principles from the standard can
Rooted in general engineering principles, be applied,” adds Verbaas.
properties of laminates of different materials
glass – polycarbonate and acrylate – can
be derived and validated by testing.
“Part 1 of the new standard covers flat
panes that are fitted to yachts in frames
and is designed to include the field of
the existing marine glazing standards.
The principles will be carried to the second
part of ISO 11336 which deals with glazing For further information contact
bonded in place. While Part 3 covers quality Frans Verbaas, Lead Technical Specialist
control and inspection. (Marine), Rotterdam
E frans.verbaas@lr.org
T +31 (0)10 2018414
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What the yacht
owner needs to
know about glass
While windows, side scuttles and glass
wall surfaces have always been familiar
features on luxury or superyachts, today’s
fashion favourites are large glass areas
on superstructures, deckhouses and hulls.
As yachts continue to grow in size,
with many newbuilds exceeding 3,000 gt,
windows, large glass walls and doors
feature in many deckhouses and hulls,
so giving owners and passengers the extra
natural light they crave.
While both the Large Yacht Code (LY2)
and Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) deal with
window scantlings using BSMA 25 for
windows and ISO standards for portholes
(i.e. ISO 1751 for portholes), crafts designed
under the two Codes can be substantially
different from one another.
Pressure testing
When, for instance, a design fails to meet
the standards required under the two
codes, they allow for pressure testing
to prove the vessel’s windows’ strength.
Under LY2, a pressure test must be four
times the design head – and 2.5 times the
design head for short-range craft or
windows with storm shutters.
While under PYC, windows must be tested
to five times the design head for unrestricted
service and three times for vessels in
the Code’s passenger yacht 1 category.
There is also some disparity over freeboard
windows. While LY2 allows for fitting
windows below the freeboard deck subject
to robust safety rules, PYC does not allow the
fitting of windows under the freeboard deck.
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However the two Codes mainly agree over
deadlight and storm cover requirements.
Though PYC adds additional details for
windows’ scantlings – they require an increase
in the scantlings of 130% – when a portable
storm cover is used in lieu of a permanently
attached deadlight (when windows are
permitted in first tier superstructures). Under
LY2, there is no difference in windows’
scantlings between a solution with a deadlight
or a portable cover.
Glass material
While reference glass material is thermally
toughened safety glass, both Codes permit
the use of chemically strengthened glass,
so long as a minimum case depth penetration
of 30 microns is achieved on exposed
surfaces, and subject to operational conditions
and annual survey.
The new ISO 11336-1 (part 1 was issued
in July this year, see previous page) sets
standards for the design of laminated
glazing systems, taking into consideration
the glass material as well as the joining
compound such as PVB or other materials
with enhanced strength.
The standard also deals – at least partially
– with the glued-in design and bonding
in windows and side scuttles. Given
the fact that both the industry and shipyards
are very focused on this area, we really
expect a further regulatory development
in this field.
Amels wins
green seal
of approval
A yacht with a green passport not only shows its environmental credentials
but could also improve its resale value
Hybrid, eco-friendly, greener than an area
of outstanding natural beauty. You name it,
many companies claim to have that elusive
‘X’ factor.
Others are striving to achieve it by investing
in new technology, adopting evermore
rigorous regimes to meet the shipping
industry’s new rules and regulations or
launching voluntary initiatives to improve
their environmental credentials.
One of these is Amels, the Dutch
yacht-maker. One of its Amels 212 series
of yachts was recently awarded a green
passport. The vessel is in fact the world’s
first superyacht to be granted the passport
which is designed to aid the safer and more
environmentally sound recycling of ships.
Ocean views reflected in the side window
of a yacht
For further information contact
Mario Croce, Manager, Lloyd’s Register’s
Trieste Design Support Centre, Italy
E mario.croce@lr.org
T +39 (0)40 0647740 Amels 212 – the world’s first series of superyachts to be awarded a green passport Credit: Amels/Flying Focus
“It is time to monitor the lifecycle of a ship
[yacht] from ‘birth to grave’. We also feel
that this may enhance the resale value as
this passport is set to become compulsory
for superyachts in the future,” said Daniel
Kupfer, from Ocean Management which put
Amels forward for the award.
Amels Project Manager, Sjoerd van den
Broek, commented: “Fulfilling all the
requirements for the green passport has
entailed a very large effort from Amels
over the past three years and also for all
the suppliers and contractors involved
in building the first Amels 212. Hopefully
she will sail for more than 100 years but
at the end of her life on the sea, her
materials can be recycled in a controlled
and environmentally responsible manner.”
Amel wins a green seal of approval
Ship Recycling Convention
The inventory of hazardous materials also
known as the green passport is a key
requirement of the Ship Recycling
Convention. It is designed to aid the safer
and more environmentally sound
recycling of ships. Lloyd’s Register
approves and certifies green passports
for yachts under construction and
in-service.
The passport is a key requirement of the
Ship Recycling Convention which aims
to improve safety and reduce environmental
pollution from the recycling of ships.
Although yachts are not officially covered
by the convention, the environment-minded
owner will be only too pleased to ensure his
yacht is compliant and eco-friendly.
Amels, which is the largest superyacht
builder in The Netherlands, is part
of the Damen Shipyards Group, which has
more than 39 global shipyards and marine-
related companies.
For further information contact
Willem Pols, Environment Product
Manager, Rotterdam
E: willem.pols@lr.org
T: +971 4 701 4100
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Berths shortage
forces owners
to reconsider
their options
Lloyd’s Register and our local team
of yachting and marina experts within
the EMEA region recognise that a marina
is not merely a berthing place where a
yacht – irrespective of size – can safely
berth. Such an extensive range of facilities
as well as the impact on technical,
financial and environmental issues for all
parties – owners, local communities,
investors and operators – has allowed LR
to develop a wide range of expertise
aimed at a safe, environmentally friendly
and financialy sound investment.
LR has been assisting yachtowners,
marina managers and operators at
all stages – from early conception
and development, assisting and guiding
through design and template
construction, conducting detailed
assessments of security requirements,
developing bespoke security plans
specifically designed for marinas (non
ISPS), and training marina security
personnel all the way to quality,
environmental accreditation and health
and safety certification.
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)
can help owners of berths and marinas
comply with ISO 9001.2008 and ISO
14001.2004 certification for quality,
safety and environment systems.
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The space problem is making owners cancel
newbuild orders and occasionally even buy a
new berth instead of ordering a new yacht
A boom in superyacht ownership and the
growing popularity of summer cruising
locations such as the French Riviera,
the Croatian and Turkish coasts and the
Greek islands has created a shortage of berths
and marinas for owners to dock their vessels.
In the next 10 years, the average number
of superyachts under 45 metres LOA is likely
to grow exponentially “pushing the demand
for a marina-based dockage to its limits”,
said Yannis Stratis, Lloyd’s Register’s Piraeus-
based Yachts and Small Craft Business
Development Manager.
Meanwhile such is the scarcity of berths in
the French and Italian Rivieras that the owner
of a 50-80 metre LOA superyacht who wants
to buy a docking space in one of these prize
locations can pay £2.5-£4 million for a 10- to
16-year lease, figures from local real estate
agencies reveal.
Space race: A typically crowded berth in
the Mediterranean
This worrying lack of space is forcing
potential owners to delay, postpone
and in some cases cancel newbuild orders.
Others are looking at another novel
solution. “Such is the value of a berth
or docking space that some owners are
more interested in owning a space in
a popular destination in the Mediterranean
than in ordering a new superyacht as they
rate such an investment more lucrative,”
said Stratis.
The surging demand for and rising prices
of berths has created real commercial
opportunities. “There are huge business
possibilities for international investors,
governments and financial institutions
to take on the risk and potential profits
of building high-end marinas capable
of accommodating superyachts in countries
that can support such large investments,”
said Stratis.
Berths shortage is forcing owners to reconsider their options
Lloyd’s Register’s guide to upcoming marina and berth
opportunities in the south-east Mediterranean:
Croatia:
The country has a waiting list of berths and rising demand for short-term summer rentals. As
a result the Croatian government plans to increase its marina capacity by more than 60% for
yachts of up to 125 metres LOA. Expansion plans include up to 12 new marinas worth more
than £275 million in the next five years. Another project in the offing is the creation of a
series of superyacht refit and maintenance facilities adjacent to the marinas.
Greece:
The Greek government is working on a fast-track programme to develop its marina sector.
The country’s diverse coastline with more than 2,500 islands and its highly skilled workforce
has attracted the interest of international marina management companies and investors.
The country plans to immediately upgrade 10 marinas in key locations around the Greek
coastline while a number of new marina and privatisation projects are planned.
Turkey:
The country has 20 ports and more than 6,500 berths for cruising yachts. “Some of its
high-profile marinas average up to 400 berths apiece,” say local yacht association figures.
“One marina built in 2009 had 60% of its berths booked in the first year, 90% in the
second and was fully booked by the third year in 2011,” said Stratis.
“This high demand, together with plans for a new marina development with a capacity
for more than 1,500 berths, has challenged marina managers and investors to seek similar
investment opportunities in neighbouring countries, thus creating a network/synergy
between marinas, countries and owners that will be mutually beneficial,” he said. For further information contact
Yannis Stratis, Yachts & Small Crafts
Cyprus: Business Development Manager, Lloyd’s
With an increase in local and visiting superyachts and a limited number of berths to house Register, Piraeus.
them, the Cyprus government is investing more than £275 million in a waterfront E yannis.stratis@lr.org;
development that is now being built in its second city of Limassol. When finished, the T (0)30 210 4580890
scheme will offer berths and services to owners of superyachts of up to 100 metres LOA.
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A tale of two codes...
Both the recently revised Passenger Yacht Code (PYC)
and the upcoming Large Yacht Code (LY3) contain unexpected
benefits for owners in an increasingly flexible industry, argue
Lloyd’s Register’s Carlo Russo and Engel-Jan de Boer
LY3 – yacht owners pin hopes
on a dream ending
Many summers ago I was the happiest
and proudest child alive when, wearing only
a pair of shorts and sandals, I was walking
past an old baroque-style building helping
my Dad push a trolley with a large box
containing a shiny new computer. This is
going to be the best summer ever, I thought!
Well, as with many dreams, it was soon
over. A few months later the happiest
and proudest child became the saddest
and most dejected as we took my computer
back to be scrapped as it was by now
obsolete and out-of-date. The old baroque
building was now an emotionless giant steel
skyscraper and a local community officer
later fined me because nobody was allowed
to walk bare-chested in public places.
As things change and progress, the same
could be said of the yachting industry.
Hence, understandably, one of the major
successes in yacht regulations, the so-called
LY2, was going to be updated by MCA
and Red Ensign Group members in what
“Lifting the 3,000 gt
newbuild limit
could change the
face of the yachting
industry
”
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would soon become the LY3. The third
edition of the large yacht commercial
code is a major update of the LY2. Its
amendments are based on recent
legislation, experiences of LY2, industry
feedback and accidents together with some
new text and corrected errors.
The Code will enter into force on 20 August,
2013 when the so-called “revolutionary”
MLC 2006 is introduced. Builders and
operators can voluntarily comply earlier,
so long as it is stated on the certificate which
edition of the Large Yacht Code they are
complying with. Existing ships will continue
to be surveyed under LY1 or LY2 with the
exception of a few items such as compliance
with the new radio equipment section, LRIT
and BNWAS, and some operational aspects
such as manning, personnel certification
and crew agreements which will be applied
retrospectively.
However the biggest change in LY3 is
the lifting of the 3,000 gt newbuild limit,
a move that has been the talking point
of yachting saloons over the past few
months. Whether liberation or obliteration
this could, according to some, change
the face of the yachting industry.
Other major changes in LY3 are the revised
Chapter 16 which will bring the radio
requirements for all new yachts into line
with the GMDSS “sea area” concept and
the revision of Chapter 21, as new vessels will
be required to comply with the MLC 2006.
Chapter 21 contains many “substantial
equivalences” that allow yachts to comply
more easily than initially expected – especially
on crew accommodation size.
Such factors, which have been agreed by
the administration, union and shipowners,
will avoid the need for major changes to
existing designs.
A tale of two codes
PYC – why owners should adopt a
top-down approach
The Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) allows commercially
operated yachts to carry up to 36 passengers while
not actually turning them into ferries or luxury
passenger ships. It is also recognised globally as an
acceptable equivalent standard to
the famous four international conventions – SOLAS,
MARPOL, MLC 2006 and STCW.
The Code is in some ways more stringent than
the Large Yacht Code (LYC) which limited the
number of passengers on commercially operated
yachts to 12 as well as imposing an upper limit of
3,000 gt on vessels.
Other amendments include but are not
limited to: In practice the PYC’s fire safety requirements such as
• Class and statutory requirements for a vessel’s fire load calculations and means
vessels operating in polar regions; of escape have created challenges on the choice
• Relevant guidance and requirements for of materials used by interior designers and builders.
submersibles; Numerous fire tests have been carried out by
• Additional structural fire protection different parties to demonstrate compliance with the
requirements for galleys and machinery regulations to allow the use of certain materials and
space for yachts of up to 500 gt; glass windows in protected escape routes.
• Survey and certification of rigs;
• Protection of critical system cabling; To achieve compliance with the Code, a number
• Underwater lights to be type approved; of additional, more rigorous fire measures are being
• Lifts to be built to class standard; proposed including CO2 detectors, additional
• Clarification on the position of the rescue sprinklers, smoke extraction systems and the use
boat and its launching appliances. of non-combustible materials for fixed furniture
to compensate for the use of combustible veneers
The Code will produce new challenges for with low-flame spread certified lacquers applied.
an industry known for its great adaptability,
versatility and flexibility, and for overcoming There is no doubt that significant time, cost
obstacles at every turn. There is no doubt that and effort needs to go into making a yacht compliant
the industry is ready to absorb and integrate with the PYC’s fire safety requirements. However it
changes as it now sees the benefit of working should not be seen as a more stringent version of the
in a less fragmented environment, helping LYC, but as a slight relaxation of
regulators and legislators to understand the requirements of the international conventions.
a unique business pleasure market.
The wisest approach for owners, designers
The LY3 Code will be reviewed in five years’ and builders is not to start building a passenger
time when new developments, requirements yacht from the LY2 upwards, but to do so from
and technologies will have been developed. the international conventions downwards and
to agree the level of flexibility and class with
So let’s hope we can look forward to the relevant flag state at the concept stage of
a dream ending. the design process.
For further information contact For further information contact
Carlo Russo, Lloyd’s Register’s Yacht Engel-Jan de Boer, Lloyd’s Register’s
Specialist, Passenger Ship Support Centre, Marine Planning and Research Manager
Lloyd’s Register EMEA, London for Western Europe, Rotterdam
E carlo.russo@lr.org; E: engeljan.deboer@lr.org;
T +44 (0)20 7423 2052 T: +31 (0)50 539558
Fincantieri’s Serene which was built under the PYC Code and classed by Lloyd’s Register
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Portrait of a shipyard
Aerial view of Rybovich refit yard and marina
Rybovich in
pictures
Rybovich, the yacht finishers and repairers
in Palm Beach, Florida, is one of the fastest
growing refit yards in the USA.
The shipyard, which overlooks one of
the lushest locations in Florida, specialises
in motor and sailing yachts up to 90 metres
LOA, has hard space for nine yachts up to 55
metres LOA and service wet slips for 15 yachts
of up to 90 metres LOA.
The yard has steadily grown in size and capacity
over the last four years and has a large 24/7
marina with high-speed refuelling facilities
at each of its slips. It can accommodate up
to seven yachts side-by-side.
Lloyd’s Register was recently involved in survey
and repairwork on Kiss the Sky (see images).
“The number of projects we have been
involved in at the yard has steadily increased.
Apart from five-year and periodical surveys,
many projects have involved modifications
to hulls and the installation and modification
of vessel stabilisers,” said Sjaak Bot, Principal
Surveyor in Charge at Lloyd’s Register’s
Miami office.
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Rybovich marina which has high-speed re-fuelling
facilities at each of its slips
Lloyd’s Register uses test weights during a load test
on Kiss the Sky’s rescue boat davit on behalf of the
vessel’s flag state, the Cayman Islands
Superyacht Kiss the Sky under survey
For further information contact
Jacob (Sjaak) Bot, Principal Surveyor
in Charge, Lloyd’s Register North
America, USA
E sjaak.bot@usa.org
T +1 (1)954 236 3322
Training and refits head
the Marseille agenda
The 120 metre LOA superyacht, A, at the
Composite works yachtbuilding facility in Le Ciotat
Lloyd’s Register’s office in Marseille, France, has moved to
a modern building in the old docks area of the city’s Le
Port de la Joliette. Here is a review of their daily
classification and advisory work
Training courses on such vital issues as
classification, statutory compliance, yacht
maintenance and handling new technology
are one of the key services offered by Lloyd’s
Register’s office in Marseille, France.
The office, which covers the French Riviera
from Menton to Marseille and includes
Corsica, works with seven shipyards and has
a client list of approximately 350 yachts
of mainly 45 to 120 metres LOA. Statutory
and classification surveys apart, its day-to-day
Lloyd’s Register’s Marseille team recently moved to
a new office in the old docks area of Marseille’s Le
Port de la Joliette: (l-r) Delphine Lamat,
Administrator; Tariq Berdai, Senior Surveyor; Scott
Kennedy, Senior Surveyor in charge; Arnaud Le Gall,
Senior Surveyor; Marie Lizero, Senior Administrator
and Luigi Casali, Marine Surveyor
Training and refits head the Marseilles agenda
The 75.5 metre LOA Anastasia superyacht built
by Oceanco
activities include major refit work based
on changes in technology and interior
renovation requested by owners.
It also runs a technical advice service for yacht
managers, masters and officers on board, Anastasia on the shiplift at La Ciotat Shipyard in
helping to find solutions that ensure projects the French Riviera
can be reviewed at the earliest stages to
highlight key issues before remedial work
starts “thus reducing any additional costs
or time delays to the yacht during the refit
period,” said Scott Kennedy, Lloyd’s Register’s
Marseille-based Senior Surveyor in Charge.
“The Marseille team is also heavily involved
with giving advice about classification
and statutory regulations to vessel owners
and crews while they are operating during
the year,” said Kennedy.
So far the team’s training courses, which also
include advice on ISM, ISPS and MLC, have
been delivered to yacht management
companies, officers and crews. “They have
been very well received by the industry and
For further information contact
it is an area we are developing further to cover
Scott Kennedy, LR’s Senior Surveyor in
other subjects. This will ensure the industry
has the knowledge and information to make Charge, Marseille
important first-time decisions and so save E scott.kennedy@lr.org
money and prevent delays,” added Kennedy. T +33 (0)6 72 82 28 44
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