M.V. Oyster Catcher finishes repairs and pulls off docks

At 1300, the M.V. Oyster Catcher pulled off docks to resume the delivery to Connecticut after completing repairs. One of our crew, Fred Brehm departed for New York on our layover. However, Captain Geoff Werner, Captain Jim Baker, and First Mate Chris Davis remain on board to complete the trip.




Captain Geoff Werner and First Mate Chris Davis finishing the repairs to the engine's battery system.
After getting the parts we needed to complete the repair, we finished installing the new engine battery system which is pictured below:

Update of the M.V. Oyster Catcher from Bear, Delaware

After our 24 hour shakedown run from the Severn River Marina, Virgina to Bear, Delaware we stopped to take on fuel. While going over the systems during out stop, we discovered several issues with the engine's electrical system.











Pictured: Captain Geoff Werner troubleshooting the engine wiring harness.


Upon further inspection of the system, we discovered several failed selector switches and a two bad solenoids. We suspect that these problems were caused by a short in the boat's AC battery charging and house battery bridging system. We rebuilt the engine electrical system to exclude the unknown short and are now awaiting parts to compete our repair. The M.V. Oyster Catcher is standing by in Bear, Delaware. We will post an update of our progress when we have completed our repairs and are back underway.

The culprit: A failed solenoid switch on the port engine