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| Originally Posted by C4ENG Here's something else I have seen on builds that seems quite common place....
I think the ship building yards doing some amazing complicated feats of engineering that are really impressive to wittness, but then something very unique happens..When it comes to the small details of the simplest of things..they get retarded or something. And these small simple details can cause all kinds of issues..
Example: On a build I once saw where all of the air handlers where installed with out proper insulation work done on the chilled water lines attaching to the fan units. Such a small silly thing over looked but the consequences could had of been enormous with the condensate water ruining all kinds of interior wood work. It was corrected before hand.
You definetely want to have someone experienced there to catch all those small details that are just to simple for the complexity of the ship builders naval architectural mindsets... |
Or mounting RACOR filters in such a position where you cannot lift the elements out of the canisters without tilting them at a 50 degree angle. Or mounting generator against a bulkhead so you can't get to the backside of the unit to change a raw water impeller. Or my favorite; installing the main induction valves under the main propulsion so you cannot get a purchase on the valve handle. Difficult battery locations, engine mounted oil filters outboard when a remote sender would make things cleaner. Yacht designers have no sense of what the word functionality is. It's more like 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag with them. It takes an engineer qualified captain (I was an engineering officer in the US Coast Guard) to keep an eye on the details. It is not my intention to redesign the wheel, simply keep it in balance.