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Engineeringin short films
Marina Solo, Stingray Lab, explains how a yacht is decided before it is built — in two-minute films. Watch the engineering course in order, or pick the question you have today.
Engineering course · 14 films
What should I see on paper before a yacht is built?
Numbers before steel: what you should hold in your hands before the first plate is cut.
Watch on YouTube ↗What is a virtual towing tank and why does it matter?
Watch on YouTube ↗Which hull is yours?
Before engines or interiors, one choice decides almost everything: the shape under the water.
Watch on YouTube ↗Catamaran or monohull?
Watch on YouTube ↗How a catamaran behaves
Two slender hulls, far apart — that width is her stability.
Watch on YouTube ↗See the water
Every boat leaves a signature on the water. Most owners only see it from the stern, after they've paid for it.
Watch on YouTube ↗What's the right engine for your yacht?
Watch on YouTube ↗Which propeller is right for your yacht?
You can buy the best engine in the world — and lose a lot of it at the propeller.
Watch on YouTube ↗Why does your yacht drink?
Your engine counts litres per hour. Your wallet counts litres per mile.
Watch on YouTube ↗Steel, fibreglass or aluminium?
Watch on YouTube ↗Why are yachts painted?
Watch on YouTube ↗What is really under the paint on a yacht hull?
What hides under a yacht's glossy paint, and what should you ask before you buy?
Watch on YouTube ↗Why bare aluminium pays
Two boats. Same hull, same sea — one in gloss, one in bare aluminium.
Watch on YouTube ↗Bare aluminium yacht: can I add paint?
Watch on YouTube ↗Owning a yacht
The one number that decides if you can afford a yacht
Before you look at the purchase price, look at the running costs.
Watch on YouTube ↗What a yacht really costs
Watch on YouTube ↗Do I need a captain?
Watch on YouTube ↗Which flag for your yacht?
Watch on YouTube ↗What a stewardess sees first
Watch on YouTube ↗Does your yacht broker know a boat from the bridge?
Watch on YouTube ↗Who is Marina Solo?
Watch on YouTube ↗Marina Solo: yachts, from the guest cabins to the bridge
Watch on YouTube ↗Films play from YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com) only after you press play. Figures in the films are design values, to be confirmed on sea trials.