CAPABILITY - COORDINATION
Allied Trade
Coordination
ONE POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, FROM SURVEY TO HANDOVER
Most refits do not fail on workmanship. They fail on sequence — six good trades, none of them holding the whole boat in mind.
We hold it. The workshop briefs, books, sequences and inspects every allied trade working on a vessel in our care, and the owner has one number to call for all of it.
The principle
A boat is not a set of separate jobs. The engineer’s tank determines the joiner’s bulkhead; the electrician’s cable run decides where the lining lands; the painter cannot start until the deck hardware is off and cannot cure while the rigger is aboard.
Left uncoordinated, that becomes rework, waiting and argument over who pays for it. So we treat coordination as a trade in its own right: scope written before anyone is engaged, visits booked into a single programme, and a shipwright present whenever a contractor is working against structure or finished surfaces.
The trades we use are long-standing relationships, not a list of numbers. They know how we work, they know the standard, and they know the work will be inspected before the boat moves.
I. HOW COORDINATION RUNS
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Scope & Survey
Selecting the Trades
Sequencing
Access & Supervision
Record & Handover
Before any trade is engaged we establish what the vessel actually needs, in writing. Structural work, systems renewal and finishing are separated out so each trade is briefed against a defined scope rather than a conversation on the dock.
Work goes to people we have used for years and can vouch for: marine mechanics, engineers, riggers, sailmakers, electricians, electronics installers and trimmers. Where a job is specialised, we say so and go looking for the right person rather than the nearest one.
The order matters more than the individual visits. Tanks and engine beds before joinery; wiring runs before linings; deck hardware before paint cures. We build the sequence so no trade undoes another's work or waits on an empty shed.
Trades work inside our shed, on our slipway or at the vessel's berth, with access, power, staging and protection arranged. A shipwright is present for anything that touches structure, fastenings or finished surfaces.
Certificates, warranties, specifications, part numbers and photographs are collected into the vessel record and issued to the owner, so the next service or survey starts from documented fact.
SCOPE TO HANDOVER
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Installations are inspected against the scope, systems run up and commissioned, and any defect is put back to the trade before the boat moves. The owner is not left to chase a subcontractor after handover.
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Inspection & Commissioning
II. TRADES WE COORDINATE
Mechanical & engineering
Engine service, repower, shafts, sterngear, alignment, tanks, exhaust and steering — arranged with marine mechanics and engineers who work to our sequence and our access.
Trim, upholstery & canvas
Interior trim, berth cushions, headlinings, biminis and covers, patterned against the finished joinery rather than against a drawing.
Wiring looms, switchboards, charging and battery systems, navigation and instrument installation, cabled and terminated before linings and joinery close the boat up.
Survey & compliance
Independent surveyors, insurers and commercial survey requirements coordinated around the work, with the vessel presented open and ready for inspection at the right stage.
Rigging & sails
Standing and running rigging inspection and renewal, mast work, deck hardware, and sails and covers measured, cut and fitted by sailmakers we work with regularly.
Specialist services
Media blasting, metal fabrication, plating, refrigeration, machining and casting brought in as required, briefed by us and inspected on delivery.
ENGAGED & SUPERVISED
Electrical & electronics
III. WHAT THE OWNER GETS
A separate room, because dust does not respect a curtain.
One point of contact
Owners deal with the workshop, not with six contractors and six calendars. Trade visits are booked into the vessel's programme, not around it
Supervised on site
A shipwright oversees anything touching structure or finished surfaces.
Costs put up front
Quotes obtained and passed on before work is authorised.
Documented handover
Certificates, warranties and specifications collected into the vessel record.
ACCOUNTABILITY
