Yacht systems, clearly understood
Practical, referenced guidance for ETOs, CTOs, AVIT engineers and the people responsible for yacht technology.
Knowledge Base
Structured guidance across the systems and responsibilities found onboard modern yachts.
Selected guidance
Incident Response, Recovery and Evidence
A framework-led response guide for yacht teams, covering first actions, safe containment, evidence, investigation, staged recovery, reporting, and operational follow-up across IT and OT incidents.
Read guideEmergency Communications & Runbooks
A technician's guide to choosing, commissioning and supporting an internal yacht radio system, with practical comparisons of DMR and TETRA architecture, coverage, resilience and emergency operation.
Read guideYacht Technical Roles & Hiring Guidance
A practical guide for Captains, management teams, and recruiters on the differences between ETO, AVIT, CTO, and CETO roles, including certification, scope, watchkeeping boundaries, and hiring expectations.
Read guideIndustry intelligence
Technical and regulatory developments, considered for their practical relevance to yacht operations.
Safety, Compliance & Procedures
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.
Operations
Feadship's hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht Breakthrough shows how propulsion, hotel load, shore power, diagnostics, and operational planning are converging.
Cybersecurity
The US Coast Guard's 2025 maritime cyber rule does not apply to every yacht, but its structure is a useful benchmark for onboard cyber governance.
Member resources
Checklists, templates and reference material designed to support real technical work.
Printable yacht lockout, tagout, stored-energy control, test-before-touch, reinstatement, and handback checklist for electromechanical technical work.
View resourcePrintable verification record for yacht AIS identity, voyage data, sensor inputs, radar/ECDIS display checks, VDR or gateway feeds, and closeout evidence.
View resourcePrintable handover record for yacht autopilot operation, heading and steering interfaces, planned maintenance, failure points, fallback modes, and test evidence.
View resourceYachtByte membership
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