When i saw Courtney relaxing near Captain Paul @22:44 I had this 'Mom and Dad are driving the boat'-kinda feeling :D. Mom and Dad are relaxed so everything is going smoothly!
I congratulate all of you, for giving others a real sense of what operating a motor yacht and chartering same involves. Most people think that it's all "fun and glamour", without realizing how much work is involved; the logistics, regulations, operating expenses, liability, legalities... and so forth. Stay Safe. Keep up the good work.
Mam "O" man that's a "HUGE" amount of supplies ( Food) coming on the stern deck. Lots of organizing. Great job by the crew for so many boxes, that tender is such a great support vessel for getting food on board before the guest arrive 😊 It reminds me of large Navy vessels resupply at sea from the Logistics ships that are in my Humble opinion the backbone of Navy fleet resupply 😊
Don't forget, Loon has 19 crew. Add 10-15 passengers and you're looking at feeding 30+ people for a while. Also, quite a lot of the stuff they're getting is fairly bulky (at least the packaging is) to avoid damaging it in transit...
Excellent camera work Steve. Yeah that red sand dust/volcanic dust what ever is a nuisance. And it isn't just the boats that have to deal with it. The hotels, restaurants, cafes airports. That's the price you've got to pay to be in the Med. Yes you lucked out on the weather. Looking forward to next video cheers. Nina and Judy are going to make a great pair in the Galley. Looking forward to next weeks video
Hi Jonathan, we always look forward to your comment. Yes the red Saharan dust is the WORST! It’s great to have Nina back onboard and Judy is settling in well. See you next week 🛥️😎
22:45 It's good that the entire crew (well, more than just the deckhands anyway) stand bridge watches on Loon, quite a few yachts exclude the hotel staff from the seamanship side of operations and that's not how they learn. Having the hotel staff learn the basics of seamanship makes for a well-rounded crew who can fill a variety of roles in a pinch. In this case, it meant more hands available for the second, unexpected washdown.
I love your content. Especially when you guys are covering things from the bridge and discussing operations, engineering and navigation. Incredibly interesting. Had a chance to crew a yacht a long time ago based out of South Florida but passed on the opportunity. This channel fills that void for me. Thank you guys for all your content. It's fantastic.
Lovely voyage, as you potter pass Italy. To Croatia ..... Love you coming here its a lovely country great scenery. You all seen to to love coing here. Great behind the scenes look, hope you win the war against the red rain.
You guys were a few days ahead of us, and boy was it HOT! Love the videos. Most don’t know that ‘red rain’ is dust carried from a wind storm from the Sahara and then mixed with rain over the Mediterranean.
I love how Paul proclaimed the trip had been "spoiled by the dolphins" - as in, those pesky dolphins are always ruining things. Reminds me a bit of the book called Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Of course, what Paul meant to say was that they were "spoiled with a lovely display from the dolphins" - ha!
Thank you for doing a real LARGE charter vessel 😊❤😊 leaving Port YOU my Captain friend talked about WIND issues on especially enter of port with small opening for a vessel of your size. When you are talking in the pilot house I love how you keep ( Engine reading) on the Big screen in front of you at the helm. I am a nerd about watching and listening to my small (5.7-350 ) GM block with Volvo out-drive. I have had plenty of very close calls on entry to marine and docking. I had a Captain like you do a class, with my small boat with me and wife. Man I love your videos, keep it up, you teach and show the real thing. You are the real deal "NO" the TV bull crap, let's get higher ratings with crew just bad mouthing charter guests, and cook always melting down over a special dinner the guest want The TV show below decks makes the high end chartering look so bad. Your video changes that. Thank you again for sharing your cruising between ports in a wonderful location far, far away from me.
The 'behind the scenes' of the live stream is nice addition of footage. Good idea I was there at live stream too. The videos in general are much better now! For me I'd like to know / be in the engine room when there is some undocking movement. So you hear the engines rev up and working.
Capt Paul that goggle tan line you got from ur sunglasses is SUPERB!!! lolol you need to keep them sunglasses off for a solid WEEK at least to counter that imbalance xDDD
@@motoryachtloonthe videos since Monaco have been on a different level! Incredibly professional and an absolute joy to watch. Fantastic job Steve and to all the crew involved. Thank you for letting us tag along on these adventures (:
Thanks Jessice, we’ve made lots of changes to the behind the scenes in post and we are incredibly happy with how they’re turning out and glad everyone is noticing. Thank you 🙏
The overhead map views that show the route/destinations with the boat.. I much preferred the older type with the little boat icon that rocks around as its shown travelling.
The red rain, every deckhand in the Med hates the red Rain with a passion. First time I saw it I thought someone vandalized the yacht and I was called a total brogan. Also, a moment of silence for M/Y Atina
Is the wire that stretches across the straights still there? Last time I went thru the straight was about 1991 and you could see the wire on radar. Was doing secondary radar navigation on the USS Whidbey Island LSD 41.
Thank you for you video. The most interesting content on UA-cam!! As an idea for a new video - could you please demonstrate and describe about refueling process of the yacht. Thank you for your videos!!
Think the current loon is a much better looking yacht than the navy. In my mind, a motor yacht should look more l8ke loin, where navigable looks like a trawler.
Hello Loon crew and captain, love you your videos and your navigation; when you are coming to Marina Casa de Campo Dominican Republic? I’m yacht captain in here in DR.
So who covers the cost of moving the vessel to the new embarkation port? is it the owner or the charterer? is is it just factored into the cost of the charter?
Captain Paul another piece Cinematography masterpiece, totally professionals you lot 👍Captain Paul any offers for Loon 😊 Thank you for another flawless episode, MY Loon rocks
@@motoryachtloon that what I said “you lot” but always agree that the team are so seamless in the operation of MY Loon and your not bad skipper as well
If you get the chance could you explain the graphics in the monitor at about 24:48? I was trying to figure out the speed but could not. Landlubber with vertigo, so no boats for me......
In the right side panel top area you see SOG 12,6 kn that would be the speed over ground, in knots, from the GPS. With that speed they are covering 12,6 nautical miles in one hour. Then there is STW 13,50 kn, which is speed through water. This speed comes from the ship's own log. Since the STW is higher than the SOG, it suggests that they are going against a 0,9 knot current or against the wind and waves (given that the STW is accurately calibrated).
Very informative video, loved the real time chart info! Questions, does the boat perform better full of fuel or would you run the boat lighter to save fuel and improve buoyancy during a 500 mile passage? Is fuel more expensive in Croatia? Provisions harder to source? So happy Nina is back!
Fuel is cheaper in Croatia so this trip we were relatively light as we refueled after the charter. However we usually like to stay heavy especially in the Caribbean to increase stability at anchor.
Interesting. I watched Nina first and when she left the other yacht and ended up on Loon, I started watching it. It has MTU S4000 main engines and I retired from MTU in 2015 so that was a bonus
Hey Terry, Take is extra.. every cupboard and door has a lock but they sometimes fail especially when rough so a little blue tape is just extra insurance
stupid question...what is the purpose of the extendable mast on the bow?? I can see its use while at anchor for the flag but why extended while underway??..
Its because the vessel is longer than 50 meters. And then you need to have that thing because you can see it in the night. And with that thing you can see which direction it is facing at
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Love seeing Nina back. Judy has a great outgoing personality and is awesome on camera. Another great video Steve. Thanks Loon crew!
Paul is terrific and always there to assist, encourage and support those who are up and coming !
When i saw Courtney relaxing near Captain Paul @22:44 I had this 'Mom and Dad are driving the boat'-kinda feeling :D. Mom and Dad are relaxed so everything is going smoothly!
Judy looks like a great addition to the crew...even with the runaway prawn!
Great episode & well produced video, Steve you’re on fire! Well done Team Loon!
Safe travels!
I congratulate all of you, for giving others a real sense of what operating a motor yacht and chartering same involves. Most people think that it's all "fun and glamour", without realizing how much work is involved; the logistics, regulations, operating expenses, liability, legalities... and so forth. Stay Safe. Keep up the good work.
I love the attention given to training up the crew.
Thanks PanPiper we spend a lot of effort in training up the crew
Mam "O" man that's a "HUGE" amount of supplies ( Food) coming on the stern deck. Lots of organizing. Great job by the crew for so many boxes, that tender is such a great support vessel for getting food on board before the guest arrive 😊
It reminds me of large Navy vessels resupply at sea from the Logistics ships that are in my Humble opinion the backbone of Navy fleet resupply 😊
Don't forget, Loon has 19 crew. Add 10-15 passengers and you're looking at feeding 30+ people for a while. Also, quite a lot of the stuff they're getting is fairly bulky (at least the packaging is) to avoid damaging it in transit...
Excellent camera work Steve. Yeah that red sand dust/volcanic dust what ever is a nuisance. And it isn't just the boats that have to deal with it. The hotels, restaurants, cafes airports. That's the price you've got to pay to be in the Med. Yes you lucked out on the weather. Looking forward to next video cheers. Nina and Judy are going to make a great pair in the Galley. Looking forward to next weeks video
Hi Jonathan, we always look forward to your comment.
Yes the red Saharan dust is the WORST!
It’s great to have Nina back onboard and Judy is settling in well.
See you next week 🛥️😎
No better feeling than crossing in these conditions and being gently rocked to sleep and recharging before another big trip!
I’m enjoying the name’s & length of the other super yachts ! Great editing as usual !
Happy Birthday Tyler! Cheers! Another fantastic BTS from the Loon crew! Hi all Loonatics!
You have certainly been busy this season! Thank you for the awesome video.
So busy and still a long way to go 😴😴😴
Used to love going through the straits at night on the bridge of cruise ships. If Stromboli was playing ball we'd get an amazing fireworks display!
Yes! We were a little far away from Stromboli this time to see her but it’s always a great sight 🌋
You all have such an awesome life! I would love traveling oceans and seas like you do!
22:45 It's good that the entire crew (well, more than just the deckhands anyway) stand bridge watches on Loon, quite a few yachts exclude the hotel staff from the seamanship side of operations and that's not how they learn. Having the hotel staff learn the basics of seamanship makes for a well-rounded crew who can fill a variety of roles in a pinch. In this case, it meant more hands available for the second, unexpected washdown.
Dylan is the kind of guy that gets promoted to leadership.
That's great mate but it's the voyage you are on that I'm interested in ! Cheers for your great videos
Thank you very much for the incredibly great impression of your work and also of the ship.
Sitting here on my Balcony and getting some Holiday Vibes from this.
Thank you so much for the vids!
Great job. Thanks for continuing to bring us great content. Thanks for sharing.
I love it when chef take over the boat and has all hands on deck 💪👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
She rocks ✊✊
I love your content. Especially when you guys are covering things from the bridge and discussing operations, engineering and navigation. Incredibly interesting. Had a chance to crew a yacht a long time ago based out of South Florida but passed on the opportunity. This channel fills that void for me. Thank you guys for all your content. It's fantastic.
Lovely voyage, as you potter pass Italy. To Croatia ..... Love you coming here its a lovely country great scenery. You all seen to to love coing here.
Great behind the scenes look, hope you win the war against the red rain.
Fellow UA-camr from Washington State 🇺🇸… love you guys!!
It's cool you guys do the UA-cam for crew benifìt. Work hard get payed well and play fun
Watching Nina the head chef asking Steve the content creator if it was too much spice was a lil funny 😂 love her
You guys were a few days ahead of us, and boy was it HOT! Love the videos. Most don’t know that ‘red rain’ is dust carried from a wind storm from the Sahara and then mixed with rain over the Mediterranean.
Thanks i was curious about that
❤thanks for the episode!
⚓️❤️⚓️❤️ thanks for sharing you guys are killing it
Great episode, no thrills (in a good way) informative and engaging as always. Well done Steve
Great work! Have fun with your next charter and as always bless those above 20% tips, c’mon! ❤
Cool to see how you cross the messina!
I love how Paul proclaimed the trip had been "spoiled by the dolphins" - as in, those pesky dolphins are always ruining things. Reminds me a bit of the book called Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Of course, what Paul meant to say was that they were "spoiled with a lovely display from the dolphins" - ha!
Thank you for doing a real LARGE charter vessel 😊❤😊 leaving Port YOU my Captain friend talked about WIND issues on especially enter of port with small opening for a vessel of your size. When you are talking in the pilot house I love how you keep ( Engine reading) on the Big screen in front of you at the helm. I am a nerd about watching and listening to my small (5.7-350 ) GM block with Volvo
out-drive. I have had plenty of very close calls on entry to marine and docking. I had a Captain like you do a class, with my small boat with me and wife. Man I love your videos, keep it up, you teach and show the real thing. You are the real deal "NO" the TV bull crap, let's get higher ratings with crew just bad mouthing charter guests, and cook always melting down over a special dinner the guest want
The TV show below decks makes the high end chartering look so bad. Your video changes that. Thank you again for sharing your cruising between ports in a wonderful location far, far away from me.
Thank you for the supportive comment RP. Best of luck with your boat.
- Capt Paul 🛥️🥂
Another fantastic episode!
Love a good crossing over to my favorite place 🥰
Thanks for sharing and have a successful charter 👍👍👍
Love love love this channel!!
Great video Steve & Crew!
Another amazing video Steve 🫶
Enjoyed it!!!🌊🐬🌊🐬🌊🐬🌊🐬🌊
Phew, Loon crash course. I'm now up to date with the vids. Happy belated birthday Tyler. Chuck Nina in the cold plunge pool at the restaurant.
Yay 🎉
The 'behind the scenes' of the live stream is nice addition of footage. Good idea I was there at live stream too. The videos in general are much better now! For me I'd like to know / be in the engine room when there is some undocking movement. So you hear the engines rev up and working.
That was a BIG OL provision! Looks much more fun on camera and with music 😅
Loon is a great looking yacht. Nice lines
Thank you! We think so too 🛥️😎
Love the show,great to see more of nina as she dosnt post alot now.
Capt Paul that goggle tan line you got from ur sunglasses is SUPERB!!! lolol you need to keep them sunglasses off for a solid WEEK at least to counter that imbalance xDDD
I didn’t even notice until you mentioned it! It’s quite obvious.. at least his eyes are nice and protected!
Love the map work.
I need more Nina in my life. :)
Love these videos. 😍
My man Steve is in his After Effects Arc. And I am all here for it!
They’re getting better each video!
@@motoryachtloonthe videos since Monaco have been on a different level! Incredibly professional and an absolute joy to watch. Fantastic job Steve and to all the crew involved. Thank you for letting us tag along on these adventures (:
Thanks Jessice, we’ve made lots of changes to the behind the scenes in post and we are incredibly happy with how they’re turning out and glad everyone is noticing.
Thank you 🙏
I wish I had some influencers privilege so I could join for a weekend, Paul and the crew is awesome 😎
Ah the joys of red Sahara dust, even better is the dye from daytime fireworks in Malta!
Love Cavtat, been there numerous times. Ludo Mor is a fantastic restaurant if your guests want to eat off the boat.
Yes! One of the best
Love this one, cheers 😊
keep hydrated. keep safe in the solar rays
YAY Nina is back ❤️❤️❤️
The overhead map views that show the route/destinations with the boat.. I much preferred the older type with the little boat icon that rocks around as its shown travelling.
Welcome Judy! Finally fresh croissants for the guests in the morning?!
The red rain, every deckhand in the Med hates the red Rain with a passion. First time I saw it I thought someone vandalized the yacht and I was called a total brogan. Also, a moment of silence for M/Y Atina
Oh good Lord I hadn't heard, I had to google it. Terrible news but I'm happy to see everyone is OK. My sincere condolences to the owners and her crew.
Yea, Nina's back.Love her. Two questions, what's the pole on the bow and is the captains chair equipped, in the arm, with controls?
Loon joined the market😢 hope we’ll still be able to join you on your adventures 🙏🏿
Of course we’re not going anywhere
Is the wire that stretches across the straights still there? Last time I went thru the straight was about 1991 and you could see the wire on radar. Was doing secondary radar navigation on the USS Whidbey Island LSD 41.
The power cables are still there. However I’ve never seen them on radar. 😳
@@motoryachtloon It was notated on our charts that it may appear as an aircraft.
Wow I’ll have to look more closely next time we go through. Thanks for the comment 😎
Thank you for you video. The most interesting content on UA-cam!!
As an idea for a new video - could you please demonstrate and describe about refueling process of the yacht. Thank you for your videos!!
It’s also critically important to provision large quantities of hummus for a dangerous passage like this.
Haha gotta stock the Hummus 😎
wow jr crew 5 Months on ... got to love what you do for that turn around
Respect ⚓️✊🏻🍸
Love a good Loon
Do the ferries have right of way and if so do other boats need to change speed/course to avoid them?
No, but they act like they do so it’s just easier to stay out of their way.
Think the current loon is a much better looking yacht than the navy. In my mind, a motor yacht should look more l8ke loin, where navigable looks like a trawler.
Good luck Brent! I remember my first time through here, on a surfaced submarine, with loss of GPS, on a paper chart 😂 😥
No way! Ok that’s stressful.
@@motoryachtloonlots of visual and radar points to fix from, love the weather layer on Ecpins.
the editing for this vid is soooo good
Hello Loon crew and captain, love you your videos and your navigation; when you are coming to Marina Casa de Campo Dominican Republic?
I’m yacht captain in here in DR.
new laundry for each charter, bespoke cleaning for every surface.
great at recycling
So who covers the cost of moving the vessel to the new embarkation port? is it the owner or the charterer? is is it just factored into the cost of the charter?
I was wondering the same thing! I didn’t realize they traveled so far to start a new charter once already in the Mediterranean
Love Cavtat🥰
Beautiful little town isn’t it?
Question; are there running lights on the chase boat so it can be seen when you're underway in the dark? Great episode.
Depending on the wind conditions, the Red sand get's even blown over the alps and stains cars here too!
Wow I didn’t know it went that far! Crazy.. thanks for sharing
Captain Paul another piece Cinematography masterpiece, totally professionals you lot 👍Captain Paul any offers for Loon 😊 Thank you for another flawless episode, MY Loon rocks
Thank you however it takes full team to produce these videos! Steve and the editing team along with the crew do g their scenes make it all happen. 😎
@@motoryachtloon that what I said “you lot” but always agree that the team are so seamless in the operation of MY Loon and your not bad skipper as well
6:22 “Red Right Returning” except Australia, they always have to be backasswards. 😉😜
If you get the chance could you explain the graphics in the monitor at about 24:48? I was trying to figure
out the speed but could not. Landlubber with vertigo, so no boats for me......
In the right side panel top area you see SOG 12,6 kn that would be the speed over ground, in knots, from the GPS. With that speed they are covering 12,6 nautical miles in one hour. Then there is STW 13,50 kn, which is speed through water. This speed comes from the ship's own log. Since the STW is higher than the SOG, it suggests that they are going against a 0,9 knot current or against the wind and waves (given that the STW is accurately calibrated).
Wishing all a fun safe work week. Keep up the Great Postive vibe. And hope they tip you the max!
Very informative video, loved the real time chart info! Questions, does the boat perform better full of fuel or would you run the boat lighter to save fuel and improve buoyancy during a 500 mile passage? Is fuel more expensive in Croatia? Provisions harder to source? So happy Nina is back!
Fuel is cheaper in Croatia so this trip we were relatively light as we refueled after the charter.
However we usually like to stay heavy especially in the Caribbean to increase stability at anchor.
Question how long do you travel before you need more fuel once full
How many times a year
authentic
The money here is almost incomprehensible
Im mostly watching because of Nina 👩🍳
Interesting. I watched Nina first and when she left the other yacht and ended up on Loon, I started watching it. It has MTU S4000 main engines and I retired from MTU in 2015 so that was a bonus
we need more nina!
Why?
Strange, how much delay is between your position? ;) Greetings to Corsica?
These videos take time to edit and produce but we’re working hard on catching up
I guess you have a wine cellar on board. Who takes care of re-supplying and how?
You should sell some merch with the loom logo. Specially that hat! It’s dope would 100% buy some
When you do the line st tropez- cannes, think a call to the l'sle noire de TINTIN close to st Raphael
Sick shots with the other boat! No probem, yeah?
Paul you said all the doors are taped shut. Wouldn’t they have some sort of self locking mechanism? Or is the tape an extra?
Hey Terry, Take is extra.. every cupboard and door has a lock but they sometimes fail especially when rough so a little blue tape is just extra insurance
feel safe as well conscious
Hey captain, when you said trim the engines up on the anvera, what does it mean? Lift it out of the water?
She has Yanmar stern drives so they are able to trim up and down like an outboard engine.
@@motoryachtloon I see, thanks for the explanation
stupid question...what is the purpose of the extendable mast on the bow?? I can see its use while at anchor for the flag but why extended while underway??..
Its because the vessel is longer than 50 meters. And then you need to have that thing because you can see it in the night. And with that thing you can see which direction it is facing at
@@jonkoman_ got it thank you!
Straits of Messina home of Scylla and Charybdis 😮
The original “between a rock and a hard place“!
please more provisioning videos :))