Gabriel Mayers

Working with IDEA to upload completed maintenance and future maintenance plans for shipyard periods, and to also update and carry out works according to our PMS. Carrying out daily maintenance and repairs to generators, main engines, water makers, water filtration system, hotel appliances on the interior. Organising watch schedules for the engineering team during navigational passages. Keeping a log of the inventory that we have onboard and ordering any required spares. Organising bunkering with the Captain and managing the bunkering procedures with the deck engineer. During a maintenance period at the end of the Med season, myself and the deck engineer installed an additional water maker and replaced a damaged emergency fire pump. Keeping a weekly log and making any additional required entries into the oil record book based on the ships IOPP certificate.

Carried out full boat wash downs and detailing stainless, applying two part to teak scrubbing by hand, Awlcare hand polishing paint. Participated in crane operations to launch jet skis from the bow and the tender from the stern garage, Tender trips with guests to take them ashore and bring them back to the boat. Assisted in setting up the chase boat for tow and took part in anchor operations with the use of a snubber line, assisted in line and fender handling for docking when coming into port both alongside & stern to, on charter while guests were in the water I would lifeguard from the beach club. During Charter I have worked both early & late shifts which meant for the early shift I uncovered the entire boat & wiped it down & set it up for the day, for the night shift I covered the entire boat and kept a log in the log book for watches while at anchor while also carrying out the tasks assigned to me by the Bosun or Chief Officer. On charter I was also partaking in the water toys aspect and explaining to the guests how the toys work and how they should be used safely. Off charter, shipyard periods and during navigation my time was spent in the engine room doing engine room watches and keeping a log on the log sheet on the laptop, during my time spent with the Rotational Chief Engineers I have removed & refitted the A/C water pumps after they were serviced, During the one month yard period we removed the main engine and generator sea chest strainers cleaned and refitted them and had new ones made for the main engines, replaced the Anodes for them as well. The wet exhaust for the main engines was removed to have some repairs done on them and refitted, other miscellaneous repairs to some interior defects were also done. Replacement of lights not working on the deck throughout the boat. The anchor windlasses were also completely disassembled serviced and reassembled. During the busy Med season I rotated between the late shift and early shift for the 7 charters and 3 owners trips. This involved many guest tender trips and setting up the water toys, we moved around a lot during the season and spent most of the time on anchor therefore I was also doing anchor watches while on the late shift and engine room watches while navigating. There wasn't much time between charters however with the little time we had we made the most of it by servicing the generators which was done with the chief engineer the 1st time and on my own with his supervision the 2nd time, servicing the fuel purifier, painting the engine room bilges and replacing the port main engine exhaust valve. At the end of the season we did a month and a half technical halt to get some maintenance and repairs done such as servicing the Oily water separator, 6000h service on both generators, replacing engine mounts on both main engines, servicing the steering system, finishing the painting of the engine room bilges and all bilges onboard, cleaning all the fan coils, investigating and fixing a leak from the stern into the steering compartment, cleaning the fresh water, grey water & black water tanks, sanding and oiling the chairs on deck, removing the name from the stern to have the lights replaced, removing and servicing one of the A/C water pumps, replacing the emergency fire pump, removing all the varnish tables to be sent for revarnishing, checking and restocking our inventory & spares removing the brakes from the windlasses to replace the brake pads and replacing the starboard anchor chain.

Carried out full boat wash downs, detailed stainless, applied two part to teak both by hand & by machine, applied semco to teak, polish and wax paint both by hand & by machine, two part venco polish windows with machine, carried out work aloft during wash downs. Participated in crane operations - launching & recovering: Jet skis, Williams tender and Rescue Tender. Tender trips with guests, and tender runs both with jet and outboard engines. Assisted in setting up the tender for tow, anchor operations with snubber line attached, docking the boat both stern to & alongside, launching water toys from stern beach club. Lifeguarded while guests were in the water. Carried out monthly & weekly ISPS checks on: Life jackets, immersion suits, BA bottles & fire fighting gear, smoke detectors, manual call points, watertight doors, fire extinguishers & fire hoses, line throwing appliances & pyrotechnics. Assisted with minor paint repair jobs while in shipyard, stowed and secured boat for an Atlantic Crossing & assisted in unstowing once the crossing was complete. Participated in night anchor watches & lookouts during passages & crossing and kept a log in the logbook. During charter & boss Trips I have worked both early & late shifts where I uncovered & set up the boat for the day & also covered & turned down the boat for the night, engaged in beach setups during charter. During boss trips I assisted with fishing trips and setting up the fishing gear on the tender and rigs for the fishing rods.