"More electrical installations & More engine services" Week 5

It's been a little over a month now working at Bellingham Yachts Sales and Charters, and things are going great.I have become much more familiar with many of the yachts and their engines and all around water, hydraulic and electrical systems. This has made it much easier over the last week to do certain things a little bit faster. ( PS I got told this week that I do the fastest engine services they have ever had done at Bellingham Yachts, and I'm not trying to be arrogant I'm just proud.) I was given many tasks this last week and below are a few pictures of some of the things I did.


Here are a couple of pictures of a 37ft backcove that we just got in and I have been doing the commissioning check list which involves all electrical installations offered outside the standard package inside and outside the boat, along with checking absolutely everything from drawers to sinks and curtains. It has been a little tedious but at the same time it has helped me learn this particular model of this boat line. The pictures you see below are of me installing the mast, radar, satellite radio, GPS, VHF antenna and AM/FM radio antenna.I also installed the Auto pilot system which I really wish I had pictures foe and the speakers on the back deck and a dingy with a little Honda outboard for fun.

 Below are a few more pictures of another 37ft Backcove that I was asked to install a new Garmin GPS system in. The customer had a wish and I was able to grant it. It was nothing more than running a few wires which I had just done in a yacht that was exactly the same and connecting them to their power source. Everything went fine except the running of the wires I had a few rough moments but was able to over come in a timely fashion.                                                                                                                                                                                                            

In the pictures below is an engine that I have become pretty familiar with as far as engine services go. At Bellingham Yachts, we have several of these CutWater 28ft Yachts. They almost always run a Volvo D4 260 in them. I was asked this week to do an engine service on the Gypsy Pearl one of our charter boats and let me tell you I was ready, I have done around a dozen of these so far and I know it doesn't sound like much but for a simple engine service, oil and oil filters, fuel filters , zinc replacement and in some cases transmission fluid change I'm getting pretty comfortable doing them. I had it done in a little less than 2 hours and my boss was happy as was I.

I would have to say that my reflection for the week has definitely got to be about putting the time to understand and learn what you will be doing. I have spent some where around 8 to 10 hours this last week looking at PDF files and schematics of some of our most popular yachts and it is amazing to me that just after all that I can walk on a yacht that I have never set foot on and just because I know the model and the lay out, I am able to spend much less time looking for things. This is something which can happen real fast on these yachts. So yeah I'm glad I spent a little bit of time preparing my self for what I might find and where I might find it.

Week 5
Hours 43
Total Hours 206