The special salute between sailors is a sign of respect and platonic endearment. We throw this same salute many times each day in the fire service, no doubt handed down from our brothers at sea.
Hello Ethan. It is the boat that Captain John Hackett who is my father, used to own for many years. I have noticed that there are many new parts in her engine room which I went down with my father, Uncle and even cousins many times. Thank you for keeping her in good shape and my father is smiling in Heaven.
I have no history with boating so I have no idea why this got recommended to me, but I'm so glad it was. Really interesting to watch and follow what you're doing! Subbed and excited for upcoming videos!
If you have 2 5 gallon buckets stuck together. Throw them on the ground sideways and they should be easier to separate after. Also I recommend getting one of those 5 gallon bucket hand pumps. It may not be as useful when your engine is so easy to access though.
Ah yes, the meeting of the engineers, making sure each other is okay by raising a finger. I'll gladly take your start-ups over mine though, ours last around 3 hours before we get off the wall. You've got a sub from me.
I work on an assist tug boat on the Mississippi River, we have a chief engineer who does regular maintenance to the boats but doesn’t live on board the boat since we have multiple boats in our company. As a deckhand I’m responsible for a lot of basic engine and generator maintenance. The only difference between my daily routine and yours is we have 2 mains and 2 generators that we switch every 12 hours because we are never connected to shore power. Also our engine room isn’t quite as clean lol
250hr intervals? Is that typical? I'm sure if our generators weren't emergency use only, I'd be more familiar, but that's all I have experience with. LOL they probably get changed after 15hrs honestly. an hour of testing a month and one load test a year is about all they see. Also, do you tend to find a lot of oil in your separators, before or after the dryer? I've changed compressors (even though I wasn't seeming to lose oil there) and can't find leaks on the dryer, but still find oil in the system.
I believe it is for our engines. That is what is recommended from the manufacturer. Your generator may have different specs, gas vs diesel makes a difference too. As for the oil in your separator, its hard to know without knowing your system. What colour is the oil? Is it motor oil or air oil?
That's what I love about such specialists: _checks oil_ engineer: "so the engine ran for about 231.6384 hours now" everyone: how do you know? engineer: You're telling me people can't just tell runtime by the colour of the oil? o.O
Look for boats that are hiring and tell then your experience! Look for the regulations in your area about what ticket is needed for what amount of HP. Where I live, if the main engine is under 1000HP the engineer doesnt need a ticket. At the very least head down to your local commercial marina and start asking boats if they need deck hands!
This is the first time I've ever seen a engineer do morning start up without a cup of coffee. Walking around and not spill a drop. She looks right tidy.
Unfortunately our old diner style coffee maker trips our shore power breaker. So the newzie has to be running and power switched over before coffee can be made 😂
i would surmise the overflow filter is larger because, its after the 2 main oil filters, in an event those 2 are overworked, this overflow would run from a different, less used sump plug, potentially dirtier more contaminated oil ...
