tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post9124564351198513625..comments2023-09-20T06:10:29.485-04:00Comments on The Marine Installer's Rant: This should be easy, it's in plain sight.Bill Bishop - Parmainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-10243280452523587292011-02-28T19:35:26.378-05:002011-02-28T19:35:26.378-05:00Now that brought a smile to my face! Having spent ...Now that brought a smile to my face! Having spent a good portion of my life with my head in the bilge or engine compartment is refreshing to know I'm not alone in this world! Thnx Bill. Carry on....<br /><br />Yours Aye!<br /><br />RickShe:Konhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14989128609817614056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-65993141707612670552011-02-28T16:59:23.906-05:002011-02-28T16:59:23.906-05:00I have to argue with you on one point, Bill:
"...I have to argue with you on one point, Bill:<br />"This is inexcusable design work"<br /><br />If there had actually been some design work, it wouldn't have turned out like this. What happened here is that nobody ever bothered to design that systems compartment; rather, a carton of electrical bits showed up on the assembly floor and somebody said "ah, screw 'er in wherever you can get 'em to fits" before the deck went on.Matt Marshhttp://www.marsh-design.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-53925305646928093942011-02-28T12:06:06.376-05:002011-02-28T12:06:06.376-05:00I heard it once said that
"There are those t...I heard it once said that<br /><br />"There are those that design/build boats, and, there are those that purchase/sail boats. Rarely do you find those that do both."<br /><br />I think if there were more of the latter, the lives of those that maintain boats would be much easier.builderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759116925176542804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-31876365373593132442011-02-28T11:34:43.631-05:002011-02-28T11:34:43.631-05:00Bill,
I can't agree with you more! My hat go...Bill,<br /><br />I can't agree with you more! My hat goes off to you and your fellow installers around the globe that have to go into and work on these boats and try to figure out how to get a round peg into a square hole. Not being a professional in the business, however doing my fair share of work on my own boats, I just don't understand why they do some of the bonehead things that they do. Its almost impossible to do certain tasks once the boats put together. Its not like the automotive industry that, at least everything will come apart and go back together once you get the thought process behind what the designers did. I guess that is what the collision business has done making them “fixable” after an accident. Adding electronics and wiring to cars is much easier than boats, and would pick that any day. Although for some reason I don’t need a 10” chart plotter and radar in the truck. Although I have thought about it!<br /><br />From the wire that is wire tied deep in the hull with screw hole tie wraps, to sealing bulkheads with enough foam and silicone to open your own hardware store, it almost impossible to add or work on things in modern boats. Something as simple as running new coax cables around the boat turns into an all day job, to do something that should have taken an hour at most. I am 6’4” and what you would call ‘big boned’ and trying to contort into these spaces in my express cruiser is all but impossible. I do have a secret weapon for the short term; 8 and 4 year old boys, that can actually fit into the engine compartment! They have saved me a number of times from running cable to unbolting a water pump that was about as difficult as your battery charger. I dread the day I ever have to work on my fresh water tank that is buried beneath the full fiberglass liner of the cabin. The only way in is to cut out the floor and re-glass it back in once your done.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Chris HallockChris Hallocknoreply@blogger.com