Maintenance schedule?

I love my computer and use it consistently with work. But I have yet come to feel that the computer will do me better justice than a simple three ring binder to keep my engine room maintenance records intact (oil changes ect.). I would like to know how many other engineers agree or disagree.

Third Eyeball

My engineer is very good at routine maintenance, but he has become even better with the help of an outside contractor. There is a guy by the name of John Vergo who used to be with the Royal Navy and has since worked on yachts. He was a mentor to a great engineer that once worked for me (an subsequently became the chief on Hyperion) and helped him to develop a PM program for a boat.
John has since started his own company called Super Yacht Support http://www.superyachtsupport.com
I recently hired him to come to the Curt C and spend some time working with my engineer. He was very flexible and unobtrusive. At the end of the process, we were given a handly little binder with a complete maintenance schedule. He even gave us a soft (excel and word) copy for future use. Very professional and reasonably priced.
I swear I'm not a stock holder or even a close friend of this guy- just a really satisfied customer.

Hi,

Welcome to Yachtforums.

What you have just asked is for a copy of someone elses maintenance/repair records. I certainly wouldn't just send that sort of stuff out freely.

If you are looking for a maintenance schedule/list of jobs then you need to tell us more about your setup. The Maintenance Databases that many yachts are using today have in 995 of the case been heavily customised to suit that particular yacht and would be virtually useless swapped between boats. The job titles may be similar but the actual instructions/photos/drawings integrated into the DB would be useless.

A lot of the Yacht Maintenance is just common sense and is done on calendar time more than hours as most yachts sit around for a lot more than they move.

I don't know what your background is so can't really coment but if you are sailing as Chief Engineer you should be able to read what someone doing the job before you did or read the books for each piece of equipment and jot down the maintenance routines listed there, you can adapt these as time goes on to suit your particular operation/application

What he said.

Guys,

I'm a little suspect of the information requested by "seoman" and I'm about a keystoke away from locking this thread. This guy's occupation is listed as "internet" and his screen name is an abbreviation for "Search Engine Optimization" (SEO).

I don't think any chief would ask for the files and records from another boat, no matter how naive he might be. However, a young webweaver looking to optimize a site could use the verbage contained within these files to his benefit.

I am a captain that does engineering, not a licensed engineer, but what K1W1said is what I do. I put the maintenance info in an excel file and check it off, with the subsequent details, for each job. If I quit or get the flick the next captain knows everything that has been done and does not waste time and money. Items that need attention are written in another spreadsheet with the details. I write down notes for the whole boat, when I changed water filters, where I took on fuel, what was fixed on the davit, etc.. in one workbook. The other workbook has services done to the generators, mains, trannys, where and how much fuel was taken on, and other engine room notes.

I hope this helps. If you are looking to take advantage of someone on this site you are barking up the wrong tree (the members of this site were born at night, but not last night), if you are legitimate you will get a much better reception on the site if you tell us about yourself, interests, boat you work on, and what you plan on doing with the information. On the other hand, if you are who you say you are, "i m a young chief," and don't know what the "typical maintenance schedule of engine room in a yacht" is I am scared for the future of our industry.

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