A Picture Is Worth...A Bunch! Consulting with Captain Chris

Chris photo Westerbeke gen — Ask Captain Chris to join you in your engine- in person or on FaceTime.

What’s in a picture? A BUNCH! Ask Captain Chris now offers consulting in person, online or FaceTime!

We have helped many boaters solve their breakdown issues. Simply, talking it through with your photo of the problem or better yet, with FaceTime. Yes, this is benefitting boaters!

Recent Face Time Consulting Solutions

We received a call that the port engine would not start or even make a clicking noise. Problem – dead battery. We toured the engine room via FaceTime and discovered a battery switch labelled PARALLEL. That is a connector switch that will parallel the starboard battery to the port battery. Success! They started the port engine. EASY! Kinda like built in jumper cables.
The bow thruster battery was losing voltage. After a FaceTime tour of systems aboard we discovered there is a dedicated battery charger for the bow thruster battery and for some odd reason it was turned OFF at the unit itself.
Air conditioner was not COOLING. Using FaceTime we toured the system. The wall panel controller showed HI P5 which means HI Pressure. This is usually caused by restricted raw water cooling flow. We checked the usual suspects and determined the water pump was running but NOT pumping water to the air conditioner condenser compressor units. Then I learn the boat was just splashed and the sea cock was NOT closed to keep the pump primed. I coached them through burping the air out of the pump and now it’s flowing water. Cool. Real COOL!

Other ways Ask Captain Chris can help you, even if you do not have a boat yet.

Preview a boat online that interests you. Captain Chris can write a summary for you to read BEFORE you decide to travel to visit the boat in person. Be more informed as you go aboard.
FaceTime with you while aboard to answer questions you may have. 772-205-1859
Help you prepare for the Marine Survey and Sea Trial. PDF What to Expect of a Marine Survey
Review all written reports to help you make a better buying decision by understanding the results.
Training Aboard. We travel to your boat to cover systems, docking, anchoring and electronic navigation equipment including GPS, Auto Pilot and RADAR. We can do a training delivery too.