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Connectivity & SatCom Starlink Performance Gen 2 vs Gen 3: What Changes Onboard

Connectivity & SatCom

Starlink Performance Gen 2 vs Gen 3: What Changes Onboard

Performance Gen 3 improves power flexibility, environmental protection and cable serviceability, while a sound Gen 2 installation may still be the more defensible engineering choice.

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Safety, Compliance & Procedures Port Approval Remains Unresolved for Nuclear Superyachts

Safety, Compliance & Procedures

Port Approval Remains Unresolved for Nuclear Superyachts

Lloyd's Register has brought nuclear-powered superyachts into serious industry discussion, but port acceptance and regulation remain unresolved. Any viable proposal now needs an authority-by-authority operating case alongside the engineering.

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Troubleshooting GNSS Spoofing Changes the Troubleshooting Mindset Onboard

Troubleshooting

GNSS Spoofing Changes the Troubleshooting Mindset Onboard

Recent GNSS and AIS interference reporting shows why yacht troubleshooting needs to compare sensors, logs, and operational context before blaming one device.

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Courses & Training Crew Training Needs to Move Beyond Ticket Collection

Courses & Training

Crew Training Needs to Move Beyond Ticket Collection

Recent crew and maritime skills reporting points to a gap between certificates, real competence, and the technical expectations of modern yacht operations.

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Regulations & Compliance Two 2025-2026 Rule Changes Yacht Managers Should Track

Regulations & Compliance

Two 2025-2026 Rule Changes Yacht Managers Should Track

The USCG cyber rule and IMO STCW updates show how cyber resilience and crew welfare are becoming formal compliance subjects.

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IT & Networking The Yacht Network Is Becoming a Single Operational Platform

IT & Networking

The Yacht Network Is Becoming a Single Operational Platform

AV, security, connectivity, cloud services, and guest experience systems are converging, which makes network design and documentation more important.

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Connectivity LEO Internet Is Becoming Crew Welfare Infrastructure

Connectivity

LEO Internet Is Becoming Crew Welfare Infrastructure

Starlink adoption in commercial shipping and growth in managed bonded services show why yachts should treat connectivity as welfare and operations infrastructure.

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AV & Entertainment Generative AI Is Moving Into Superyacht AV Briefs

AV & Entertainment

Generative AI Is Moving Into Superyacht AV Briefs

Monaco Yacht Show 2025 highlighted how AI-generated media, LED walls, immersive sound, and integrated control are changing the AV brief for large yachts.

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Connectivity Starlink Failover Planning for Yacht Networks

Connectivity

Starlink Failover Planning for Yacht Networks

A practical look at Starlink failover, onboard routing, and crew connectivity expectations when VSAT or marina internet is also in use.

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