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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.