Luxury Super Yacht Chief Engineer - Pre Departure Checks (Captain's Vlog 74)
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- We go through the Chief engineers, pre departure checks onboard a super yacht.
Tristan Mortlock is an award winning Super Yacht Captain with over 15 years experience. He started his yachting career in his teens and now runs one of the most successful charter yachts in the world. Tristan is currently serving on Motor Yacht AWOL, a San Lorenzo SD122, built in 2009. AWOL is a multi award winning yacht and her crew take a lot of pride in their work.
Captain's Vlog is about educating interested parties on what happens onboard a Mega Yacht, Super Yacht and the yachting industry. To share the life of yacht crew and life at sea. The BIG shipyard refits, paint jobs and marine engineering works. To travel some of the worlds most beautiful destinations.
The first owner of the Super Yacht AWOL was non other than Mr Piero Ferrari himself. The wheel house still contains the original Captain's chair with the Ferrari emblem.
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As a former freighter and tugboat engineer for nearly 30 years, I thought I had it together. But the level of detail you maintain in your engine room would put even an operating room to shame. From all I've seen of you on Tristen's youtube, you are one of the best Maritime Engineers in the business - and there isn't even any lint on your oil rag.
Thank both of you for sharing...
The engine room is spotless. You ca neat your food of that floor or those engines. A man who is obviously proud of his profession.
The engine rooms on these boats are insane. So clean and neat.
This is what I prefer. Videos about the day to day ops, from the bridge to the engine room to the dining room, etc. I want to hear the radio comms, your interaction with the crew while you’re at sea, etc. I especially like the docking and setting sail segments where we see how it’s done, conversations and all, from beginning to end, real time! Thanks!!
I cruised a 42' ketch for a dozen years, just maintaining a single diesel propulsion engine and genset along with watermaker, frig/freezer, etc, etc. I can see how having a full time engineer on a yacht like this is absolutely essential to maintain and run it all.
Hearing the "transfer switches" in action. Shore power to OB generator! Super!
this was really facinating seeing the insight of what the engineer has to do on a pre-departure of your vessel. Thank you to Slav for allowing us into his world as enginner. Thank you capt :)
He's awesome reminds me of Boris with that accent! The sign of a great engineer is that engine room....you can eat off the floor, comb your hair in the chrome and use the oil as perfume! Even his rags he uses to check oil, look like they would smell like roses!
I noticed a bit of dust on top of the fuel filter housing as well as a tiny bit of rust. I'm really fussy.
@@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS Who cares if everywhere is dirty and rusty though. It's an engine room!
Fascinating. The first ship I was on I was a 16 year old cadet training on a coastal trader. Before starting the main engine (a big old thumper of a thing) someone had to pump up the oil pressure before the engine could be started. This was done by pumping a long lever back and forth which pumped up pressure and circulated oil through the engine before it could be started otherwise bearings could be dry of oil. The chief engineer told me to yell out when the pressure gauge showed minimum pressure. Half an hour later I am still pumping like crazy with the gauge moving but not much. My 16 year old skinny arms were burning but eventually I pumped enough for the engine to be started. The Chief Engineer thought my mad pumping was hilarious........apparently there was an easier way to do it but he liked to torture the new boys. Thankfully most of this voyage was spent on the bridge as apprentice co-navigator. Pencil and parallel ruler were kinder to my arms than that damn pump.
Thank you Slaven and Captain Mortlock for another brilliant video. Although it's nice to see the fluffy and comfortable areas where passengers hang out, I love the behind the scenes showing what goes on in different areas. Now I know it's not about pulling the shore plug, letting of the hand brake and putting your foot down. Keep up the fantastic videos!
Would of loved to see main engines start up and bridge checks to see full start up procedures.
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Sitting here waiting for the engine start up. Gues I’m going to be disappointed 😢
Basicly the same as generators , turn key , push button , listen for noise, watch gauges , look for leaks , listen for noises . From the look of the video he shifted control of the main engines to the Bridge , so he will start them from there. i'm not completley sure but I think that every thing is also monotored from the bridge, who know there may be appson there phones
No wonder you have a full time Engineer. AWOL is obviously quite a complex boat. Would love to see a day in Barbara’s life on board sometime.
Slavin, is an excellent engineer! He makes everything seem simple, the real hallmark of an expert.
Excellent video and editing.
He seems incredibly knowledgable and every aspect. A huge asset to the team.
I love how nerdy you get, too. There are a million videos of yachts just sailing. No one shows this stuff!
I happened to stumble across this video, got hooked on it really fast, very interesting, indeed. What rate of horsepower does each engine put out? Thanks
It was amazing when you open the door how loud the generator was and then when you went inside and close the door how quiet it became totally amazing.
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Thank you Slaven and Captain Mortlock, Engineering is both knowledge and application.
Although many systems are now automatic all systems can be run and monitored manually. Slavens role is to monitor the engineering system health, plot trends just like a human doctor. When we visit the doctor they undertake the physical body check .. age, how you feeling, temperature, listen to your breathing, take blood pressure. When you're in tune with whats healthy status, you are able to feel, sense when something is wrong, before it goes very wrong. I enjoyed the opportunity to see the engine room. thank you guys, good job.
I love engineering, the onboard systems, how they work, why the work... never enough back patting for us guys-lol especially when your sitting dead in the water and its up to YOU...to figure it out and determine a solution,,, love it
People think you just turn a key and drive away like a car, it's good to see someone show people how much really goes into day to day operations on a large vessel. It's all in the details, something as small as a tiny o-ring could bring things to a halt for hours. Great to see the tech side of luxury boating.
A lot of what they are doing, in fact having a full checklist in the first place, is down to Awol being a charter boat. On non-charters and smaller boats ~ 20-26 meters, because there is only 2-3 crew, things are a lot simpler.
Fantastic. Slaven is a top guy and gives a great insight into below deck life :-)
I am in absolute awe of how clean that engine room is.
I'm enjoying this channel. The behind the scenes look is fresh and interesting. Captain TM just keeps pouring on the info and I keep watching.
I Had a Mate Who Used to do this Many years ago , He was the Captain for westpak Corperate Boat , I Had the Fortune of joing the Crew For the Delivery trip from Syd harbour to Fremantle for the americas Cup , I was Lucky enough to be Invited as a Stow away , It Was Awsome
Tristan, As a long time Caribbean sailor on up to 45' Beneteau's, it has been a real education to see how a totally different segment of the marine industry operates in a completely opposite part of the world. I have thoroughly enjoyed your video's with your crew's participation. As a long time airline captain, may I add that your leadership style with your crew is exemplary and it is a joy to see the interaction and family atmosphere that prevails aboard AWOL with no threat to your authority! Congratulations to you and your crew!!
The true master of the ship!!!!!
Thank you for this video. I never realized how complicated the pre-departure procedure was. Somewhat more involved than starting my Camry for a quick trip to the grocery store and almost more complicated than doing a preflight check and starting the engines of a Boeing B-17. With all respect, I must say that finding a good engineer is more important than finding a good captain.
Scotty replies Aye Captain ......(Star Trek):-)
LOL Have a disabled ship at sea. Lose the mates or the engineers. Which group has better chance of getting the ship back?
@@robertbennett6697 Thank you. Your scenario is reminiscent of the opening scenes of the movie 'U-571' in which, the German submarine is damaged by depth charges and all the engineers are killed. Result? The boat could barely maneuver despite the skill of the captain and officers.
Many more electrical breakers than I thought. I always appreciate how clean private yachts are. Changing the generator filters every 250-hours seems very frequent. That's only ten-days of running. 15k of shore power isn't much. How big are each of the generators? They look to be in the 100k range. I can see there's a market to make much more of the switching software controlled.
Was waiting for "where safety is number one" from CrazyRussianHacker! It's comforting to know that the ice maker for the Gin Tonic should never run out of power!
This is amazing what a view and tour... While I am not a boater I live watching this channel...
I love watching anything on yacht engineering because that is where i know the least
not even a light flicker when switching land pwr to gen pwr. Nice system
Always best to understand the meat and potatoes of what makes this yacht function. I know here is so much more to the actual running of a ship. Thanks fellers, great short presentation.
I love the mechanical detail you give and explanation!!! Love the vlog!
"I'm giving her all i've got capt"...now lets see the transporter room...set phasers to stun...and.."LIVE LONG AND PROSPER"
There are Klingons on the starboard bow. :)
Slaven is a legend. Seeing , hearing the main engine start up would be awesomely. Great work and great channel
Very informative! I guess you wouldn’t get very far without the Chief Engineer down there.
I will tag along with everyone else, Captain...LOVE the behind the scenes stuff!! Thank you to you and your amazing crew, and keep up the great work!!
Thank You , I am kind of surprised that the mains did not have air starts, but then again air starts do ad more equipment and complexity. Thank You
I’ll take these kinds of videos over the “guest area tour” vids every time! Love to see how these yachts are built/designed/BTS.
I'm impressed with the sea men and Tech crew that operate these private super yachts, very well trained, professional, well-versed in their systems and operations of their complicated equipment. I like the use of check list like airline crew uses.
Very Basic Systems believe me
@@jamescatlow7887 I have a master's degree in mechanical engineering and I'm an airline pilot of the most sophisticated airliners, flying international. Are you a superyacht captain? Have you owned and/or operated/maintained a superyacht? These ships have complicated electrical ac/dc/generators, hydraulics, large turbo diesel engines with redundant lubrication/fuel/cooling systems, as well as radar, sat com, VHF/HF com, Autopilot, multi zone HVAC and 100's of mechanical systems and computers. Sure I can master the theory and design of these systems. *However to manage them efficiently, keep them reliable and safe, takes knowledge, talent and discipline. That is what I admired. Your point again? You are super smart?*
@@gmcjetpilot Congratulations on your Masters Degree No i dont know how to Fly A Plane. No i am not a Super Yacht Captain. Ok here goes. Started as an Engineer Cadet in 1966 at the oldest and one of most prestigious Marine Schools in the world founded in 1866 South Shield Marine and Technical College . Then Vessels were all Manually Managed stool in front of the Controls of a 750mm bore 1550mm Stroke 12 in Line Turbo Charged Prop Engine Large enough for you?Only Alarm was a red light for the Donkey Boiler water Level. Then in 1970 sailed on what was at that time the Most sophisticated Merchant Vessel in the World RoRo " Dilkara." Vessel was UMS fully Automated Engine Room and we operated UMS. Blessed to have sailed with Captain Ian North Ist Class FG Masters Licence. Look him up he went down on the Atlantic Conveyor. Then Sailed on C Class Manchester Liners Maltese Class UMS Container Ships. Built 1968 Fully automated at that time one of the first Deep Sea Cellular Container Ships year round North Transatlantic from Manchester to Montreal.Then worked P&O Ferries. Then went on Offshore Vessels. I hold a Ist Class British FG Chief Engineers Licence . Worked as a trouble shooting Superintendent Engineer on these very basic offshore vessels.Then Resident Tutor South Tyneside Marine and Technical College did Extra Chief Engine Licence.
Then Moved into DP Diving Support Vessels as Chief Engineer ( DP Dynamic Positioning ) Project Engineer on Marine Air Diving systems reviewed Commissioned to IMCA Doc 23. Then Similarly on Saturated Gas Diving Systems to IMCA Doc 24. Then worked as a Consultant Marine Engineer on a Semi Sub Deep Water DP3 Class Well Intervention Vessel. Prior to my Consultancy Vessel was having 90 days downtime a year loss of Revenue amounted to 36million a Year redesigned Marine Systems did a 90Million$ Project Upgrade changed Propulsion System from CPP to VFD saving of 25M3 of Fuel Daily (reference Induction Motors running light load and PF and Inductive reactive power KVAr.) Did Route Cause Failure on Rolls Royce TCNS Swing Arm Azimuth 3 Megawatt Azimuth Thrusters.
This Vessel Finally Controlled the BP Macondo Oil Leak Stayed on DP Station for 90 Days without downtime or incident Stopped arrested controlled the Spill ( i put down my success to my coal Face experience application of my Technical Training and Qualifications. All due respect Academic qualifications in my experience are not the B all and end all of a good Engineer, Application of Theory to Real Time Issues and hard work and due diligence make the Engineer.) Also ive been fortunate to work and been trained by what we labelled Professional 3rd Engineers whom went to pieces when sitting Exams but Great Engineers.
BP then awarded the Company with a Contract for a New Build DP3 Semi Sub Self Propelled ABS Class Well Intervention Vessel. I was Senior Marine Superintendent Project Engineer Commissioning Marine Systems Kongsberg DP Systems 11KV Closed Buss, 4 Family Groups Active and Passive Systems Segregation . Kongsberg Integrated Bridge Systems. Kongsberg Vessel Management Systems Kongsberg Advanced Generator Supervision Systems Reviewed FMEA and Proved FMEA.
My last Vessel was New Build New Build DP3 Semi Sub Self Propelled ABS Class Well Intervention Vessel built to highest Class DNV Autopos DP3 Closed Buss . Again all Kongsberg Systems the 2nd Vessel in the World to be awarded this Notation from DNV. Basically besides Commissioning and Proving Systems and FMEA Proving and Conducting 11KV Short Circuit Ride Through! Read up on Deep water Well Intervention Vessels Capability systems
Read my Comment i commented on the Sophistication off the System not on the Personnel Quote "However to manage them efficiently, keep them reliable and safe, takes knowledge, talent and discipline. That is what I admired." Not disputing that applies to any Vessel automated or basic systems I completely agree. Your point again? Comment on Systems very basic. I feel Im in a position from my Work Career Experience to voice that opinion ." You are super smart?" God no just worked hard Applied what i Studied loved training passing on my experience Smart enough and humble enough not to Walk on a Super Yacht with any arrogance or pre- conceptions just Walk Through Basics and learn understand Systems. For your guidance only one person i believe walked this Earth and didn't put a foot wrong and he ended up on the Cross! reference " Sure I can master the theory and design of these systems" just work on the theory that these systems support your basic human abilities and senses. and do it very quickly However never forget to use your Human Abilities Logic and Senses . Thank you and Goodnight
@@jamescatlow7887 Your sarcasm noted. I stopped reading your diatribe after 2nd sentence. I get it you are God's gift to maritime operations. Yawn. You said super yachts and their systems are :very basic"? You are ignorant and I disagree. You admit you don't know. Ok super yachts are not Nuke Sub's, aircraft carrier's, or complicated airliners (B757, B767, B777) I fly at work... Everything is simple to you because you are a genius? You have no experience by your own admission and don't know. These MV's have more electronics and systems than some supertankers.
*You did not get my point. To manage, efficiently, safely all systems: propulsion, bow thrusters, stabilization, APU's, electrical systems, shore power for any voltage or frequency, water, waste, multi zone HVAC, galley, entertainment systems, refrigeration, lighting, navigation, GPS. Radar and collision avoidance, communication SAT/VHF/HF, fire fighting, survival systems, alarms, tender (another boat), tender launch system (crane), elevator swim platform, automated gang plank and dozens of computer systems managing the boat, to a high standard, is not easy to do well and master. It takes knowledge, focus, attention to detail, professionalism. The whole boat makes for a complicated system. These Captains and crews are masters and experts of these private vessels and their systems. You can scoff and call it basic. You would be lost on these modern vessels. I know more about technology than you. I am telling you there is PFM behind these systems which you think are basic, because you are ignorant. Trust me.*
@@gmcjetpilot Glad i wakened you up then sent you back to sleep.By your gmcjetpilot ID shows your FOS and your own self importance.I find people that push out their self importance . Generally suffer from small man Syndrome, need to impress the girls or boys.
Stick to aircraft and if anything goes wrong wave your Masters Degree at it. As i ended goodnight back to sleep my little Airline Pilot.Super Yacht Systems remain Basic. Empty Drums Like you make the most noise.Stick to what you know. Ignorance is Bliss
I love all of your videos, but I have to say that I love this one best! it's so cool to see all the engineering details. Would love to see a follow up video of the rest of the checks. Really impressed with the level of professionalism from You and Slaven - as well as the attention to detail from those that engineered your engine room. Thanks again for making such fantastic content!!!
I can watch these videos all day, cheers to all crew aboard the M/Y AWOL
Thank you for your videos. Thank you for the opportunity to look behind the scenes!
I love seeing videos of the inner workings of a super yacht. Thanks so much Tristan for your informative videos. Excellent job done by you and the crew of AWOL.
Tristan, good to see you have an engineer on board who is comfortable with the video productions. Very positive for the SYC channel!!!
Kudos to the Chief engineer!!!
Very impressive how spotless the engine room is.
I Loved it! This is the second disc for your Favorite Movie. Love to see Behind the scenes!
Nice walk through and engine room. Nice work chief.
As a retired marine engineer I'm jealous of the auto paralleling gear. Very good video thanks.
engine rooms are normally kept at a slightly negative air pressure - this reduces any chance smells or stray exhaust gas slipping passed engine room seals and into accommodation areas of the boat
That space is so clean amazing. 13 years at sea on US navy ships am most impressed. Really help with resale value.
Its Amazing How much work goes On each day Below Deck too Being from a motor industry Backgrounf For 30yrs plus that was brilliant .. Cheers and Thanks Flav/Chief Tc uk
Excellent Chief Engineer, on staff.4/11/2021
Awesome experience of the engine control room of the AWOL she is state of the art indeed and supper clean too. Slav really takes care of her with pride, well done buddy.
Love to see professionals in their element
All this super high-tech and monitors, and then there is a good old dipstick for those massive engines. Thats how is should be!
Very good to meat the man who keeps the Life blood flowing
Great detailed video once again! Fantastic to see some more chief engineer stuff. A small daily/weekly maintenance video would be great! Slaven is keeping that engine compartment tidy, nice work!
As an auto mechanic, good to see people like me on board, even cooler to see the "nuts and bolts" of the boat.
What a perfect video always was curious on how the operation from shore power to generator operated thank you for this video well done
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Nice explanation to show us all the steps of the starting process from your chief engineer. From Spain, Best regards Fernando Carrera
Thank you, I really enjoyed this episode
This guy is great. "Yah I will blog do sure." So matter of fact, which is what you want in an engineer.
i like the channel how you don,t talk bull you are to the point and enjoy to crew and how real you all are have a great charter summer
Always take care of your main support
I've been watching your vid lately many times..u r doing a great job man..for now i think its only u r showing what the yacht crews specifications details works..magnificient CAPT TRISTAN..through your video,i get know more about yacht stuff things..u have a great excellent teamworks be alongside u all the times..hope all of u have an great journey&well fine in time..keep up on showing a worlds about your family team..its very excited feeling watching all your posted video..
It was amazing to see all of the detailed checks have to be carried out to make sure that the ship is ready to come off shore power and to work from the generators and then to be ready to go to see thank you very much that was amazing and I was sitting in the Jacuzzi in the log cabin in the back garden amazed thank you very much
Fascinating
Best video so far. Thank you!
Excellent job engineer
Cool video. Lots of details and all of it explained clearly. Enjoyed it alot.
Thankyou.
I love the mechanic guy!
Automatically matching frequency and placing ship generator parallel to shore power on line. Then again transferring the load automatically. all pushbutton operation.
This is so awesome!
Thank you
Good man Slav, you keep a nice engine room.
leeds8? thats where i live. just got into this channel.
Amazing! Awesome! You couldn't get out of port without a man like Slaven! He is definitely MORE than a simple mechanic! Love these behind the scenes videos! If I were riding on AWOL, I could care less about the destination I am going to...I want to know what is behind every door on the deck or bulkhead! I want to know where everything is and what it is for! Very Good video!
Pozdrav Slavenu iz Pule! Thank you for your effort guys
professionalism !
God damn, he really knows his stuff!
Thanks Slaven. As a retired Electrical/electronics engineer, I loved this video! Even though these boats are expensive. The complexity and redundancy systems make them seem a ‘bargain’ - not really appropriate for a private yacht LOL.
Brilliant thank you
"I need more power Scotty"!!!
Hello Captain. You made wonderful videos. PLS make some more videos about engine department and life there. Engineers also watching your vlog. Nice job Captain 🧑✈️ 👍
Wow amazing video, thanks alot. Very educational 👍
Very interesting. Great job.
This was great thanks🤙
the vlog is addictive ive watched you all night .. very interesting and informative you certainly know awol inside out ...
Thank you,guys
Slavin is just ace !!
Very impressive engine room and Chief engineer!!!!!
Oustanding - love the chief engineer, and those engine room spaces are amazing! A whole lot roomier and cleaner than the Tall Ships I sailed on in Los Angeles lol.
Thanks captain you are giving excellent knowledge to all marine Engeniors thanks for efforts
who would ever know how much it takes to power a yacht and the safety measures taken to ensure its done correctly ? lol Super video Tristan !
Very nice engine room, control room especially impressive on a yacht of this size. I like the K&N filters on the big Cats. Waaay cool boat and thanx for all the great vids about it. I've always like the looks of the San Lorenzos and your vids only make me like them more!
Absolutely fascinating!
Awesome video
Thank you for the insight.
Bra jobbat.
Slav's the MAN!
5;07 i was thinking you probably wouldn't give the bridge control of the engines until after the oil and fluid check, just to be sure the engine isn't started while doing that. Interesting thing about the gensets is once they're bridged to the shore power, they automatically stay in sync because they're magnetically coupled to the mains.
Ok, this solves the debate we were having on your other video about the light flickering. I said it was at 50 because of your region and looking at the display it is at 50 on your boat. So the shutter speeds are as followed to stop any and all flickering you will ever have in a video.
Your Frame Rate Safe Shutter Speed Safe Shutter Angle
60p/60i 1/100 216
30p 1/33.3, 1/50, 1/100 324, 216, 108
24p 1/33.3, 1/50, 1/100 259.2, 172.8, 86.4
50p/50i any any
25p any any