Built for Charter

Building to a set of rules that was itself changing

The problem: Both yachts were built during the transitional period when responsibility for commercial vessel survey was passing from NSW Maritime and the other state authorities to AMSA as the single national regulator. The rules, the paperwork and even the question of which authority would sign off were moving while the yachts were on the slipway.
What we did: We wrote the Australian requirements into the specification from the start, and worked with the state authority, AMSA, the classification society and the flag state to agree a single route to certification that all of them would accept.
The result: One set of drawings and one build programme satisfied class, flag and the Australian regulator, for both yachts.

A yard building its first commercial superyachts

The problem: A builder used to private yachts works from private yacht drawings. Moving to commercial survey for large passenger numbers raised myriad issues across stability, structure, crew accommodation, fire protection, lifesaving equipment, electrical standards and tonnage.
What we did: Our naval architect and project team worked at the yard through the build, checking every system against the Australian requirements, finding the issues early and agreeing the fixes with the yard and the surveyors.
The result: The issues were solved in the UAE, where it was cheapest and fastest to solve them, and both yachts left the yard ready for Australian survey.