Timelines, near misses, evidence packs, and public reports.
10 published articles
Machinery, Automation & Control Failures Incident investigation
A full case study of the MPV Everest engine-room fire, focused on fuel-transfer alarms, watchkeeping, fatigue, automation design, emergency response, and yacht mitigations.
Regulatory Reports & Case References Reference note
A case-based guide to using public maritime investigation reports responsibly, built around the MAIB Cheeki Rafiki report and its yacht-specific safety lessons.
Cyber, IT & OT Security Incidents Incident investigation
A case-led cyber incident lesson from the USCG 2019 commercial-vessel malware alert, translated into yacht controls for vendor access, segmentation, logging, and emergency disablement.
Machinery, Automation & Control Failures Incident investigation
A full case study of the passenger ferry Commodore grounding, focused on control-system software, failed display media, backup controls, emergency response, and yacht automation lessons.
Investigation Methods & Evidence Handling Incident investigation
A Dali case study showing how yacht teams should build a technical timeline from alarms, VDR data, PMS events, bridge actions, communications, and evidence gaps.
Communications & Connectivity Failures Incident investigation
A full case study of El Faro focused on weather data flow, communications architecture, information latency, bridge decision-making, and yacht connectivity lessons.
Fire, Flooding & Environmental Events Incident investigation
A full case study of the MY Kanga garage fire, focused on lithium battery condition, garage protection, detection, ventilation, crew awareness, and yacht mitigations.
Near Misses & Lessons Learned Incident investigation
A case study of Oliver Hazard Perry showing how shore-power troubleshooting, generator operation at berth, cooling-water failure, alarms, and reduced crewing can combine into a serious loss.
Bridge, Navigation & Positioning Incidents Incident investigation
A full case study of the Royal Majesty grounding, focused on GPS dead-reckoning mode, integrated bridge systems, missed cross-checks, and yacht mitigations.
Blackouts & Power Loss Incident investigation
A deep case study of the Viking Sky blackout and near grounding, focused on lube-oil management, propulsion loss, recovery training, alarm design, and yacht mitigations.