Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar with our partner Spectro | Jet-Care. If you missed it, or want to watch it again, the full recording is below. Larry Rumbol explains why not all labs are equal when it comes to fluid analysis on superyachts, and how your results can flow straight into IDEA YACHT to support planned maintenance.
Watch the webinar
Oil and fluid analysis is one of the clearest windows into the health of the machinery on board. But a sample is only as useful as the laboratory that tests it and the way the results are acted on. The session looks at both: what sets a laboratory apart, and how a connected workflow turns results into action for crews, managers and owners.
Who are Spectro | Jet-Care?
Spectro | Jet-Care has been providing specialist laboratory analysis since 1976, and celebrates 50 years in 2026. For the superyacht industry, its laboratories analyse oil, hydraulic fluid, fuel, coolant and fire suppression water samples, with ISO 17025 accredited laboratories in the UK, the USA and Switzerland.
More than oil
Oil, hydraulic fluid, fuel, coolant and fire suppression water, all from one laboratory partner.
ISO 17025 labs
Accredited laboratories in the UK, the USA and Switzerland.
50 years
Specialist knowledge and precision analysis since 1976.
Connected to IDEA YACHT
Since IDEA YACHT 2021.4, Spectro | Jet-Care has been integrated directly with our software. Crews can request sample kits from within IDEA YACHT, and laboratory results become available automatically. Follow-up maintenance tasks can be created from sampling results, and sampling kit logistics are easier to organise. It removes several manual steps from a routine engine room process and keeps the results where the maintenance decisions are made.
What the session covers
Larry shares why the choice of laboratory matters, what to look for in your fluid analysis results, and how the Spectro | Jet-Care integration works in practice inside IDEA YACHT. The whole session runs for under 30 minutes, so it’s easy to fit into a working day on board or in the office.
Why it matters
At IDEA, we help crews, managers and owners bring clarity to every part of yacht operations, from maintenance and safety to inventory, compliance and finance. Reliable laboratory data, delivered straight into the system where maintenance is planned, means earlier warnings, better-informed decisions and less time chasing paperwork. You can read more about the partnership in our integration announcement.