Paint update | The T-Factors
Let’s look at the T-Factors as a link between a specification and a successful application. […]
Relaunced after refit
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 [...]
Preparation is everything
A paint job is invariably the single-most expensive element of a refit project. Therefor, preparation is everything! Captain has a key role Warranty disputes and disappointing durability leave owners feeling underwhelmed. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The captain has a key role in this. Which steps can they take to go from adversary to collaborator during a [...]
Spending a little to save a lot
Superyacht Captains Forum Paul Bournas is speaking tomorrow on the Superyacht Captains Forum in Italy about the introduction of the Superyacht Tender Survey. There will be an article on the captain's role in a major paint refit appearing issue 78 of The Crew Report. Article Spending a little to save a lot CCS Coating Consultants for Superyachts is introducing a [...]
A paint surveyor: worth the money?
The added value of a paint surveyor. As we all know, yacht painting is a tricky business. The complexity alone makes it more than worthwhile to employ specialists to check the quality of the work. There are few things more disappointing in the superyacht industry than when work carried out is not to the owner’s satisfaction. With something as visible [...]