Thank you for all the info you sent, you’re the best, keep up the great informative videos, I know of several crew and up and coming captains that are really learning from all of this, including me!!

Awesome information that I've never seen so clearly laid out. Thank you so much for taking the time to film and to edit your frequent videos

What an EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT comprehensive demonstration. Great job captain well done thanks a lot. Keep them coming 👍👍👍

I'm sitting here at my desk working while watching your videos. Subliminally learning in preparation for this summer!!

This guy is good. He actually made it rain so he could demonstrate the wipers! *lol* Thanks for the video, it was very helpful.

Great video, but one word of advice from an electrician. Before you plug the shore power plug on the boat into the extension cable that runs to the power pedestal, check the breakers at the pedestal to make sure nobody has turned them on. I know it its a pain to have to run to the pedestal, go back to to connect the plugs, then return to the pedestal to switch the breakers on, then back to the boat. But you should never assume nobody has monkeyed around with the pedestal. First thing an electrician learns on the job, always assume it is live, and never trust anyone else to prove it's not live but yourself.

Great electrical systems explanation/review and also EXCELLENT and easy to understand operating procedures! Thanks for the easy to understand, yet pretty reasonably comprehensive explanations of nautical (power boat yachting?) systems! This kind of guidance is EXACTLY what an retired aviator needs to help me get up to speed in comprehending the hows and whys of nautical electrical power systems!! Thanks, again!!

I'm a boater for 25 years. It's always good to get a refresher on these systems. Great job!

NIce work Dan, keep them coming Mate.

Great clear explanation, thank you!

This is an excellent video and is much appreciated. I have one adjustment pertaining switching from SHORE POWER to GENERATOR POWER which is turning off AC items prior to switching from one power source to another. I don’t think it’s a huge issue but easier on the AC use items. I also give the generator a 3 minute warm up before putting a load on it. These are things to think about. Finally I would recommend boaters always have a checklist that they have made for their boat. Again thank you!

This was great to see, I always wondered about the switch panels when watching yacht tours. 👍🇬🇧

Great video! I'm learning a lot. Thanks

Thanks a lot. That was going to be my first question in trawler school. Now I have some basic understanding on electrical stuff. Thanks. D.

Great video. Very informative. Thanks for laying things out so clearly.

Great video Capt. Dan!

This is a fantastic video - so helpful and thorough. Thank you!

Very thorough, I am fairly new to boating and always searching for information, this was very informative, good reminders. Thank you.

Thanks! Great content. Never seen this in detail before.

Very nice, loud and clear video. Thanks.

Awesome video, thank you so much!

Awesome video. I’m in the process of buying my first liveaboard and this was very helpful

Amazing video, thanks

What happens when the the switch is put to the run position most importantly is preheat before it starts. That’s why there’s a delay :) Unless it’s gas… gas doesn’t need to preheat only diesel generators I would add these steps. While the general is warming up. -Turn off all you AC breakers IE AC, Waterheater etc. all of them. -turn off shore power master breaker on the boat -go out to the dock and turn off the breaker on the dock -check shore power meter to make sure it’s at 0 ( no power coming from the dock) -slide safety and tuen on generator breaker - one by one and and not trying to set a time record slowly turn on AC breakers to each system. Keep in mind that when the AC units first go on it will take many seconds , maybe 20-30 seconds for the compressors to turn on. The compressors will draw a lot a AMPS when they start. So if that happens when say a water heater element is on heating water and your refrigerator, freezers all come on at once you will have a very large quick draw of AMPS. So take your time. If properly done your systems will last longer. NOTE: A proper dock hand will always ask you if it’s ok to turn the breaker on at the dock pedestal. You want to make sure your shore power breaker is off on your boat and all your individual AC breakers are off prior to turning the dock power breaker on. Usually at this point I’ll also have my Generator breaker off and giving the Generator a couple mins to cool off before turning it off. ( a diesel generator should always have a load on it when it’s running, if not it will run to cold and shorten the life of it. So always have a load on it. That’s why you cool it down for a short time after it’s not in use and before you turn it off. Proper maintenance and procedures with a Deisel generator and they will last 10 - 20 thousand hours. At this point turn breaker on at the dock, turn shore power breaker on inside the boat , check the voltage meter ( low voltage coming from a dock main is worse than high voltage so make sure the voltage is within tolerances. Low voltage will cause havoc on circuit boards and compressors. Then start turning on AC breakers one at a time taking your time. You can even watch the Amps meter go up if your a nut like me to make sure your not going to fast and fusing a spike on AMPS used. Again, some devices/system will have a quick spike on AMPS when they start up. For example AC units might use 12 AMPS to start the compressor but quickly drops to 8 AMPS in running mode. Good luck and I hope this helps

Excellent video once again.. Thank you for explaining in plain English.. Always look forward to your videos, because i'm going to learn something.. Please keep up the great work

Thank you so much . I'm in Australia and just bought a sea ray 420 ( 1997) there is no information left in the boat that helps . This is so clear , a bit different to my model but it's certainly helped heaps .

Thank you for explaining all this.

Thanks a lot ! It was an EXCELLENT VIDEO ! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great info specially for beginners thanks

Helpful, thank you.

Such a great video Captain Dan. I was wondering what the proper sequence is...I am able to apply your teaching to my 28 Regal Express. This all takes time and energy...so appreciative.

Please keep up this kind of info. I so appreciate the knowledge others have and are willing to share. The docking of these larger vessel's is something to watch. I have a little twenty footer so have learned allot just watching you Is it hard to get a captain license?.

Ace video, good detail and nicely explained. well done.

A lot of info here to learn from and a great resource. Boat dealers should reach out to you to do these type of videos to include as a deliverable with their boat sales. Nice work Dan. - Greg -

I learned a lot in 25 minutes. I imagine because of the yacht you have that your not a teacher, but you would have been a good one. Cheers !

great video for a newbie like myself. thank you

Very very informative. Thank you very much.

I like to see more of you driving around your boat Thanks.

Great stuff, very informative.

Well done Master excelent work Congrat Biggg !!!!!!!!

Great video! Thank you!

Great video I really need to see this!

Very good video, thank you very much 👍

Great video. 😎

Outstanding info 👏 Thanks for that

Thanks for upload.

Can you do a more in depth on the radar?!?! Love your content!

Good informative video. Something I've always been curious about and maybe you've already done a video on this topic. I believe you mention before that it's illegal to dump/flush your black water tanks in the great lakes. Could you show us how you would pump out the grey and black water tanks. Is there a gauge on your screens which show the level on these tanks. You showed us the fresh water tank in this one.

Just curious when switching over from shore to generator aren't you supposed to switch off the individual breakers first? Then switch to gen power and yhen turn the individual breakers back on

Really enjoy in that video beside the simplisticity of information I have one question about shore power pedestal ( for low voltage and medium voltage) , if you have any recommended brand for mega yacht & super yacht (10,000 kw & 4,200 kw )

Great video, Love American built yachts, pretty straightforward and intuitive. Can you do a Euro yacht? They always try to make things super simplistic with fewer switches but it ends up being more complex behind the panels.

Thank you so much, you, now I understand that I can't run my 120 volt off my battery, I get it. THANK YOU.😊😅

Very interesting. Do I infer that the house batteries only power the 12v DC systems? Is this generally so? In sail yacht videos there seem to be AC inverters.

Thanks!

Great info, Thanks for posting. Many refrigerators and A/C units don't like turning back on so quickly after a shutdown. Is there a system where you can switch from generator to shore or vice versa without interuption of power?

Hi, thanks for the info. Don't you put on your bilge blower prior to starting your generator? Also, some people discuss removing the load before starting your generator which they say can be hard on your generator, any thoughts on that?

these videos are much appreciated, great tips !! do you normally navigate with the generator on??

Those of us w 100’s or 1,000’s of hours might nit pick w you on some points, BUT bottom line you are right-on and helping hundreds of less experienced boaters get up to speed and learn how to operate safely. Much thanks!! Thank you !! Great job.

Thank you

There's way more to running a yacht thank i thought. Thank you.

Great video..trying to figure out what port and starboard systems power? Outlets went out on the whole boat snd trying to see if it’s the outlet or breaker

I love it 😍😍😍😍. Very useful video. Excellent job. Please make one video about autopilot.

Great video! Two questions please? I always hear from everyone to always shut most all items off on breaker panel first? Some hav3 told me all breakers or sometimes depending on gen, gen won’t turn on! Second, how would you know if you need a second generator? Please keep up these information videos! Thanks!

Good morning Capt Dan ! Excellent way to start the weekend. Princess yachts has a “ to do” that was interesting ~ but focused on their boat. This was very informative. The check of water tanks brought up a question. How do you manage fresh water on a boar ? How long does it actually stay fresh ? Etc. Water Makers ? Just call me curious George ! And what about boats with big balmar type alternators ?

Maybe a video on shore power plugs? Don’t quite understand all of that? I will see one cord from boat going into another smaller cord with two cords coming out of that etc, then sometimes two from one boat going to shore power pedestal? Amperage’s etc, confusing!! Also hydraulics? How they work, what they do, what to do if one cracks and shoots fluid all over ER, yikes!! Thanks again for all the great videos, you are 1,000% helping me in my captain journey!!

So I’m watching video again and you had said that you shut off batteries, both mains and gen when you leave the boat? So is that when you leave for a extended period of time, or say if you go to a Marina for a few days or a week, would you still shut them off once settled in and on gen or shore power? Thanks again, you’re great!

Do you happen to know if you must have C02 wired alarms on a private vessel vs just say putting in the cheap ones from Home Depot? My friend has 2017 70 ft m/y and he’s concerned of if there is a USCG law? Thank you for all your expertise and answering all these questions?

Do you keep bilge blowers on the entire time the engines and or gen is running, not just pre start up? Thanks again?

Thanks for explaining all of this. Not sure why this boat stuff is so fascinating to watch - especially docking and leaving the dock. Probably a guy thing

Why no bilge blower before starting the generator ?

Do you not have to run the blower before starting the generator?

Any Flemings ( the ultimate !) In your maintenance service ?

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Are any of you guys based in miami or ft Lauderdale? Would love to get some hands on experience

Can u get electric power from the both engines...or u need generator all the time

So do you always have the generator running when you have the boat out then? I’ve never had a boat big enough to have a generator, but I didn’t realize that that thing was basically running the whole time you were away from shore power. Is that a big fuel expense?

Always remember to run the blower before starting generator or engines!

Now that this videos been up for a while has the owner called you and asked, What the f##k you doin in my boat ? jk

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Hi, great movie, I am interested in how much fuel, gasoline or crude oil generator, please write to someone from the readers and what power of the generator, I will be grateful, it's hard to find this information on the Internet, best regards

I have never seen such a wasteful boat

Great video thank you!