Author: Sentini Marine
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Are you safe, or just compliant? An owner’s office checklist for peace of mind
When you own a yacht, you don’t just buy the vessel, but the assumption that, if something goes wrong at sea, your crew will know exactly what to do. Most of the paperwork around safety is designed to prove compliance: that the right manuals exist, that the drills have been logged, that the audits have…
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From compliant to confident: evidencing ISM 1.2.2.3
Most yachts prepare well for inspections. The real question is whether the same calm competence appears at 02:10 on a Tuesday when something unexpected happens. A lithium battery begins thermal runaway. The watch keeper knows there’s a procedure, they completed the checklist six weeks ago, but can’t recall the exact isolation sequence. Seconds matter. That…