Oscar Siches

2 months ago | superyachtnews.com | Oscar Siches

By Oscar Siches Seawolf I discovered explorer yachts or, more accurately, the transformation of platform-support ships and tugboats into explorer yachts with the 59-metre Seawolf in Mallorca, when Leo Selter (later the owner’s representative of Sailing Yacht A during her build) and Patrick Moussa (former build captain and skipper of Vitters’ Thalia) spent six years refitting the 1957 ex-tugboat Clyde, built for the world towing experts J & K Smit of Holland. I have no animosity towards the...

2 months ago | superyachtnews.com | Oscar Siches

By Oscar Siches Jargon: Words and expressions that are used in special or technical ways by particular groups of people, often making the language difficult to understand – Collins Dictionary. Yachting and the nautical industry share a specific jargon, which defines elements and situations, in the same way specific jargons exist for horse riding, medicine or car racing. The proper use of such language among us is a lot more eloquent than a business card, as it helps to quickly assess the...

Nov 28, 2024 | superyachtnews.com | Oscar Siches

A couple of weeks ago, Martin Redmayne shared with us his reluctance to keep doing the superyacht events circuit: boat shows, conferences, discussion gatherings. A late variation on this desperate desire to belong are the various prize-giving ceremonies that have popped up. With very few exceptions, these prize givings are an event trying to appear important, or at least with good fundament, but they are no more than trying to be part of a league that is very difficult to belong to.

Sep 9, 2024 | www.marinaworld.co.uk | Oscar Siches

Bring in the architects by Oscar Siches Long gone are the times when having a permit for a coastal development meant that piers would be built, a small office set up ashore, and the marina management waited until achieving a reasonable occupation of berths for business success. Today, the marina industry has changed totally.

Aug 23, 2024 | superyachtnews.com | Oscar Siches

By Oscar Siches On 14 April 1912, RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic, the pride of British maritime industry and at the time the biggest passenger ship in the world, hit an iceberg and sunk in the early hours of 15 April. The analysis of the circumstances of the accident and the high number of victims gave way to the creation of SOLAS, the Safety of Life at Sea treaty in 1915. The whole maritime world is still benefiting from it. In ship design and safety standards there was a before and after the...