Don’t start at the finish No matter how good your work is overall, the end result will never be better than the weakest link. Only by optimising each and every layer can you ensure that the final outcome will be an absolute long-term success. Any quality process begins with a clear promise and ends with consistent, proven delivery. A process [...]
Tank Coatings: An Often Forgotten Subject Tank coatings A gleaming superyacht is an impressive thing, easily admired for its gorgeous exterior lines and sumptuous interior. But behind all the polish and beauty is a whole other, equally extraordinary, world of remarkable technical spaces, ranging from the engine room and generator spaces to storage areas and liquid tanks. As their name [...]
Paul Bournas reveals potential pitfalls and challenges involved in coating a superyacht. […]
MY Aquila and MY Bravado are recently relaunced after extensive refits and we are proud that CCS has been the paint consultants on both projects. Intensive refit projects What has been an intensive one-year refit project has come to an end this month as the 85.6 metre superyacht Aquila set off from the Pendennis shipyard in Falmouth. Our consultant Marcel [...]
A little preparation... For the last 24 years that CCS has been involved in the field of superyacht paint surveying we have witnessed a steady professionalization of the yacht coating industry. In the past an owner would come with his or her partner to order a yacht and have a friend along to assist. The same informal decision method also applies [...]