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Jorg Plucker - 6 years ago

People what is wrong with you, I am poor as but still enjoy watching this video. Why is there so much hate and jealousy? How do you know that Billionaires don't give money away for starving children, and sorry that not everybody's English is perfect!!!!!

Captain Mark Gray - 6 years ago

RE: The first yacht: The newest Lithium batteries are 3 times lighter than lead acid batteries, not 10 times lighter as stated here so is there some new battery or just a mistake of words? And why not switch the main gen from #1 to #2 - 50% of the time - thus giving #1 a break etc? Perhaps every so many hrs like 100 hrs switch? Most of all, when needing as little wind as possible to move the yacht, well, every sailor knows that it is the norm (even when sailing hurricanes) that at sunup and sunset the winds die to their lowest so it amazes me to see people not using that to their advantage with something so very important to do in the low or no wind situations. It's always better to avoid a problem or war than to deal with it or win it at usually a very high and avoidable cost.

The most important thing when building a sailing yacht is to build it from the dead center and lowest point,,, outward equally,,, in all directions. Balance her dead center on a pin Sir and then you have a starting point to progress from. Nothing should be stowed, ALL things should have their place and a place for ALL things. Movable ballast can even be offset if need be. Begin with PROPER Trim and then the ability to rapidly adjust the trim is only the starting position to any good sailing vessel. And yes, it would not be too difficult to even automate the trim adjustments. LIGHT & strong vs STRONG and light! I will be awaiting my check which is surly in the mail :-) Happy seas!

Allan walker - 6 years ago

There is NOTHING secret about hydrolic systems......the first Asian to buy one will reverse engineer the system.....no more little secrets !

Hope for all - 6 years ago

I wish my car's steering wheel were so big

Allan.Froehlich - 6 years ago

Cool boat, but the CAD guys are not that great.

SoloSail Boat - 6 years ago

A sailing vessel that has the carbon foot print of a small city, seems the rich insist on polluting to the extreme. In business and in play, they shit upon the world for their pleasure. and franlky, fuck the god damned french.

ZeroFu*ksGiven - 6 years ago

That guy is pretty cocky about his piano onboard lol. My father had a 100ft sailing yacht built in 1912 that had an organ onboard, and a fireplace, beat that haha!

cornenothome - 6 years ago

interesting but an enormous wastefull way of owning a boat. #ridiculous

Island Aerial - 6 years ago

Flash forward to 2018. Those boats are totally obsolete. Wow

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Nigell Butlerrr - 6 years ago

hydraulic systems ALWAYS LEAKNEVER ON A BOAT STEERING SYSTEMFOOLISH

Serveck - 6 years ago

my 20ft speedboat has hydraulic power steering and hydraulic trim adjustment. same pump as a pickup truck. works mint.

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michael d - 7 years ago

Beautifull!

jasoncatt - 7 years ago

Can't hear the damn narrator over the hideous music. I'm outta here.

Raymond Mills - 7 years ago

That company employs a lot of people... thank god for rich people...

pangrac1 - 7 years ago

Steinway on board lol.

TheBeofox - 7 years ago

Danish have been with boats ever since prophet Deborah said "Why did Dan go with the ships?" And that was in Israel thousands of years ago

evil Duck - 7 years ago

what is it with men, everything has to be as light as possible.. and they themselves have a BIG FAT ASS.....
You see it in cars, boats hell even when they go for a bike ride...

Tag 915 - 6 years ago

I don't think the weight of a well fed man would do much to the performance of a hundred foot yacht

xr28y ge3fl1 - 7 years ago

Mr. Duck, The reason is the old men have given up on self discipline of their
bodies. People are effected by their environment, if money is no concern its hard to turn down that gourmet meal.

EPICRANDOMGUY - 7 years ago

It is for efficiency, performance and many other technical reasons. Don't write such stupid comments please, it gives me and others a headache...

jason d - 8 years ago

worked on unfurled last week. pleasure to work with the people of Vitters.

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James Baxter - 8 years ago

Ok, So I see big batteries in the boats, I am looking at solar power pannels and a wind turbine or two. This can work with the power and not use a gen set

Tag 915 - 6 years ago

They need a generator because if they are out at sea at night with no wind, there screwed so the generator is a backup

A? I A. - 7 years ago

James Baxter ok

EPICRANDOMGUY - 7 years ago

They cannot provide enough power for such a large boat. The hydraulic steering, lighting, navigation equipment, fridges, ovens and other things require 10's of Kilo-Watts of power. Also with solar panels you would have no power at night, and a wind turbine that is powerful enough would be WAY too big and impractical to put on a ship.

Scrappycat1966 - 8 years ago

Very cool documentary..... Crappy sound quality and laughable CC.....

BenjaminFranklin99 - 8 years ago

Billionaires must have the best yachts, even though children are starving by the millions.

SoloSail Boat - 6 years ago

what would jesus do? most likely have another cup of wine and see if he could take a ride. what a stupid fucking thing to say, let alone think. you and your magic man in the sky don't mean a fucking thing to the majority of the people on earth, so ya, you can both just fuck off!

thameswater - 6 years ago

I think your being a bit unfair, they must not have more worries.

Thomas Mattson - 6 years ago

Its a boat, not a sin. You have no idea if the boat owner is a saint or sinner. So relax.

Woodland Restoration - 7 years ago

What would Jesus do? He wouldn't have these things. Why do people admire wealth so much-it's a sin.

xr28y ge3fl1 - 7 years ago

How can you assign responsibility for parents who create children they can't support to people who obviously take care of their own and a multitude of other families that work for them? Liberalism sounds good but never makes sense in reality.

L S - 8 years ago

wow - the score is like from a bad TV ad.

GrumpyOldMan - 8 years ago

Dutch make them, half-witted- "we have a grand piano on board" -Anglospherists race them, Russians own them

dirk bomans - 8 years ago

Another video that proves my point that Dutch people should be forbidden to speak English.

Tango4N - 6 years ago

Ik spreek Nederlands. An jij? Alleen Engels?

Ik kan ook Enels spreken.

meffke - 6 years ago

be glad it's not a porn movie

co - 7 years ago

sheadgl

Laurent Froggy - 8 years ago

French, English, Italian, Spanish, I speak and not read nor write Cantonese and Portuguese

dirk bomans - 8 years ago

I speak Dutch, English, French and German. I understand a bit of Latin and some Spanish. How about you Laurent?

Laurent Froggy - 8 years ago

dirk bomans: Do you actually speak another language?

GrumpyOldMan - 8 years ago

+dirk bomans I stand in the gang and strike my brook. Hear, hear.

dirk bomans - 8 years ago

+Eric Shutter easier THAN....

Eric Shutter - 8 years ago

+dirk bomans Much easier then others having to speak Dutch.... so your opinion means nothing.

jerry henrie - 9 years ago

Must read "GET RICH IN MARITIME SHIPPING STOCKS" by jerry henrie at amazon in kindle and paperback. Well worth the time, promise.

cornskid - 9 years ago

That one guy looks like George Bush.

Greg Trickey - 9 years ago

43 year old male. Very difficult to hear the spoken words. Background music was too loud.

darkmath100 - 9 years ago

Which material to build with.....hhhmmm....Aluminum or Carbon Fiber........What about Rich People! Could we build super yachts out of Rich People? There are tons of them around places like St. Barts, Palm Beach and London. They'd be easy to catch, most of them are older white guys with gout. They don't really add anything to society. All they do is consume things in massive quantities and are more responsible than any other class with killing Planet Earth with their giant carbon footprints.

I like it. Somebody get to work on this idea right away.

Joey Z - 6 years ago

darkmath, don't tell me, let me guess, your a black guy who has been held back by the white guy, oh woe is thee

Tag 915 - 6 years ago

darkmath100 these rich old white guys employ pretty much everyone

Robert Allen - 8 years ago

....I had to work w/them most of my career....biggest pain in the back acre most of the time you can imagine.....

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 When did I imply the sky is falling? I didn't. I'm just pointing out there's an ever growing class of parasitic rich people. No big deal. We'll be fine. It's just some of us don't like seeing people get rich who didn't earn it. That's all.
;-)

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 If people break the law, they should be punished for it, I have no issue with that. It is you that lacks perspective though. If you were to be believed, they sky is falling and the country's economic situation is that of just pre-collapse USSR.

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 The problem is you have no perspective. A very similar thing happened in the 80s with the Saving and Load crisis. Classic "Rent Seeking" Fraud on steroids. Over 1000 bankers went to jail. But this time around when virtually the same thing happened in 2008 ZERO bankers went to jail. They got away with the perfect crime, mostly because people just don't care anymore. It's sad.

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 Even the short little wiki page YOU linked listed criticism of the theory. You fail to acknowledge the actual issue though. Rent-seeking isn't a new phenomenon. And although it may have grown in recent times, the economy as a whole has grown as well. There may be a higher percentage of "rent-seekers," but they are outweighed significantly by the rich people who develop and innovate, thus creating new wealth. That is why I keep bringing up innovation. It is basically the ultimate opposite of rent seeking. AND the fact that there is MORE innovation now, basically makes your rent seeking argument invalid. Sure, the world might be a better place without them, but we can hold our own with them here. Hell, your wiki page even lists preventing economic bubbles as a "pro" for rent seeking... (I'm not saying it is, I'm just parroting what the wiki page that you cited says)

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 Controversial? Rent seeking permeates our economy today. The one I'm most familiar with, HFT, is well documented fraud. You know it's a problem when even Forbes is reporting on it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2014/02/06/nanexs-hunsader-seeks-to-save-markets-from-high-frequency-trading/#2160ba214ed7

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 It isn't a "fact" It is pretty controversial. I am not saying it doesn't exist, just that it isn't quite the issue you seem to think it is. The innovation happening today is proof of that.

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 Bullshit? I had no idea who owned the superyacht in this video. But sure enough he turned out to be a full on criminal who paid for the yacht by stealing 1 penny from hundreds of millions of people. Theft is theft. I respect rich people WHO'VE EARNED IT. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs etc etc. They're all great men. This dude isn't a great man. And I didn't make up the term "Rent Seeking". It's an economic fact.
;-)

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 I call bullshit. The amount of innovation is at an all time high. You are just another person engaging in class warfare just so you have an excuse to hate someone. You would hate your own mother if she made a dollar over what you deem acceptable.

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 "every rich person is a thief"......There was once a time in America where the richest actually made things like cars, planes, steel etc. That group is shrinking and is increasingly made up of "Rent Seekers" who add no value and are only there because they're closest to the money spicket on Wall Street. The number of ~~rent seekers~~ people who got rich in Finance has nearly doubled. ;-)
Rent Seeking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
Top 0.1%:
http://twitpic.com/7zg1l2#.Tvoz8ZzeAVE.twitter

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 Sure, but you are making it sound like every rich person is a thief. That is simply not true. At some point in my life I would like to have the means to have a yacht like this (so would most people, dur) and I certainly wouldn't want to be called a thief if I worked hard for my money. In this one, very specific, instance the owner is an asshole, so what? Are you going to take issue with every single customer they have because they aren't Mother Theresa? Building things like this yacht push the design envelope and sometime somewhere a breakthrough is going to be made because a rich person wants something; and 15 years later, we will have something like smartphones. The desire to build better/cooler things is driven by projects like this all over the world. Sometimes that breakthrough leads to real progress. So sure, the owner is an asshat thief, but he still employed over a hundred Non-assholes that can use their imagination and solve problems. So will the next guy that has a yacht built there. So will the rich guy that demands some feature on some technology that make it better for everyone. Don't get so hung up on what others do. Go do something yourself...

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 "How the money was obtained is irreverent.".....I'm sure Madoff generated a lot of jobs too. He employed hundreds of people after all. My friend, this isn't feudal Europe. Theft is theft.

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 I am defending no one. I am simply stating that building that yacht did employ hundreds of people. That is not debatable, it did. How the money was obtained is irreverent. If you feel so strongly that they are hurting people, do something about it. Chastising a poor person in the youtube comment section is like pissing on a forest fire. It does very little except make you sound like an elitist asshole.

darkmath100 - 8 years ago

+herranton1979 Dear Muppet, the superyacht Marie is owned by one W.E. Bosarge of Quantlab Financial. Quantlab is a High Frequency Trading(HFT) firm. I used to work on a trading floor that did %25 of the daily volume on the NYSE so don't worry I know what I'm talking about. Long story short HFT is legalized Front Running. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/frontrunning.asp

Why aren't they shut down if what they're doing is illegal you ask? The answer is simple: LIQUIDITY. Our stock market is so sick if the SEC stopped all HFT the DOW, S&P and Nasdaq would immediately suffer grand mal seizures and implode.
So the SEC does nothing. Not to mention any politician who could do something about it has been bought off.
The result is a Robber Baron like W.E. Bosarge who fleeces Muppets like yourself on a daily basis and you're so stupid you go onto youtube and defend him. It's pathetic.

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+darkmath100 You just watched a video about 1 rich guy that employed over a hundred people for at least a few years...

Bill O'Brien - 9 years ago

+Linda Hartoonian Working class people pay taxes, not rich people! The majority of the rich in America are little better than corporate welfare bums. Guess you missed the government bail out of Wall Street!

darkmath100 - 9 years ago

+Linda Hartoonian I'm actually a Conservative. And the days of rich people actually earning their money are long gone. Most of these twats work in finance and have a license to steal. The best way to rob a bank is to own one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Way-Rob-Bank/dp/0292754183/ref=cm_sw_em_r_dptod_Sy-Lvb1Y0RB5M_tt

Linda Hartoonian - 9 years ago

+darkmath100 Typical lefty imbecile. You think the poor people pay the taxes? You think the poor people build the cities? You stupid little fool. Stop listening to your college professors who never produced anything. Get rid of the rich people and you'll be eating dog food you putz.

darkmath100 - 9 years ago

+Charlie Chaplin LOL...Glad to know I'm not alone......

Charlie Chaplin - 9 years ago

+darkmath100 Agree 100% specially with the part about building boats out of rich people. If I ever hit the lottery, or win a big jackpot at a casino, I will probably change my mind though...

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Thomas Elliott - 9 years ago

seems strange that they have such an expensive high tech operation and they cannot get a trolley with reasonable wheels that are able to do the job, The moving sequence looks amateurish.

xr28y ge3fl1 - 7 years ago

I do warehouse work moving items weighing tons. The wheel that broke was the kind that could change in direction, if you change direction of overall pull the wheels should all rotate into the new direction. They were pulling hull over pavers outside, if you change direction with a wheel in a crack it will not align to the new direction and be pulled sideways to the pull, this sheer force pulled off the rubber/plastic wheel exterior. It happens.

EPICRANDOMGUY - 7 years ago

Probably just using old equipment until it breaks, still I agree.

Dogman - 9 years ago

shedule. sounds like its missing the C. but I know its not.

No complaints here, just watched a free video!

Brenda A - 9 years ago

I found this very difficult to listen to as the sound is quite uneven. The narrator's voice volume level is much lower than the people who are being interviewed. Then putting the music on top of that, it becomes a strain to listen to this piece. Also, six minutes in and I get the feeling this is simply a long infomercial for the shipping company. I won't make it any further. I am glad that others have found it interesting, but it is a disappointment for me. I am generally a big fan of documentaries, so it is very rare for me to make a negative comment about one.

Mandy L. - 8 years ago

+Brenda A Possibly just your device? Sound was FINE for me. I actually had to turn the sound down. (on my new $3.50 headphones. GREAT sound w/them! ) But no...it wasn't that good. way too much back and forth from building the one ship...too racing the other one. :-)

Peter Bradshaw - 9 years ago

Vitters just gained an admirer.

glen perham - 10 years ago

Awesome I am constructing my own 21 meter yacht so good to see build videos and gather more ideas any more videos coming ?

YONS Iles - 10 years ago

WHARE IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT , MANY PROBLEMS IN MANUFACTURE .

madrededeus - 10 years ago

Anybody knows the name of the music...? 0.10 to 1.10..?

Robert Sutherland - 10 years ago

Interesting process. Just shows how fragile human inventions are. Most ships can barely support their own weight when not in the water. One little puncture or scrape can destroy a hulls integrity. It should really be the reverse. The strength of the yacht's material should be able to grind the rocks that it may run upon to a pulp and remain undamaged. Engineers still have a long way to go make that kind of strength.

Hans Vos - 10 years ago

Cm u

yacht2007 - 10 years ago

Pity no fuel cells are used instead of lead batteries or flammable lithium batteries.

Tag 915 - 6 years ago

I'd rather my boat catch fire than explode then catch fire

herranton1979 - 8 years ago

+yacht2007 I would take "flammable" Lithium batteries over a giant tank of hydrogen compressed to 10,000 psi. Sure, I remember the Boeing Dream-liner, but I also remember the Hindenburg. You can easily cool the batteries, Tesla does it all day long.

HomoEconomicusX - 10 years ago

what kind of documentary is this? not mastered at all. comment very quiet, the interviews very loud.

Barki Mustapha - 10 years ago

great work

Barki Mustapha - 10 years ago

pro sailor if there is any position

Marine Hydraulic Solutions - 10 years ago

Great video Vitters. Thanks for sharing...and thanks to the Discovery channel!

Floris Papenhuijzen - 10 years ago

5:12 "Tomorrow its the plan, to bring boats, hall sister boat outside to shit"

Mr. Sebnup - 9 years ago

+Vitters Shipyard--- (5:12)
That type of misunderstanding, as well as many other issues of a similar nature may not have occurred in the first place had that wonderful music been mixed at an appropriately lower level. Further, the dialog would be far easier to follow without those awful whooshing sounds heard during transitions. They merely serve to distract and confuse the listener without adding anything of value.
I suggest that modern film producers would benefit greatly by following the examples of their predecessors and keep the dialog in the foreground rather than mixing it as an adjunct to the sound effects and background music.

Floris Papenhuijzen - 10 years ago

Aha, mooie boot verder hoor :)

Vitters Shipyard - 10 years ago

"... to bring both halves of the hull outside the shed..."

Hermann TheGerman - 10 years ago

ive seen some of those yachts during 2014 new years in st.barth

N2 People Skills - 10 years ago

Great video and a great yacht builder. Congratulations Jan & Louis

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