Recent projects & case studies
A selection of recent work from our Gold Coast City Marina base, refits, repairs and installations delivered to factory standard.
Twin Muir Windlass Overhaul & Seized Shaft Recovery, Classic Sailing Yacht
Both Muir anchor windlasses on a classic sailing yacht came off for overhaul, and the starboard main shaft refused to leave its gearbox. Heat, a hydraulic power pack and a jack all failed, so we cut a controlled access hatch in the chain locker, lowered the assembly out whole and pressed it apart in the workshop. Both gearboxes were stripped and rebuilt on new Muir shafts, bearings and seals, the corroded housings blasted, primed and painted, and the windlasses refitted, greased and proven on deck.
Marine Sanitation & Seacock Replacement, 11m Flybridge Cruiser
A blocked toilet system led us below the waterline to a far more serious find, a badly corroded seawater-intake seacock that could have sunk the vessel. We rebuilt the black-water system and renewed every below-waterline fitting before relaunch.
Sanitation Vacuum-Pump Rebuild & Motor Replacement, Visiting Superyacht
A routine Evac vacuum-pump overhaul aboard a visiting superyacht uncovered a failed electric motor, beyond economic repair. With the yacht bound for the Pacific on a tight schedule, we rebuilt the pump end, sourced a replacement motor from Europe and ran a six-unit fluid-analysis program that caught fuel dilution in a main engine before it became a breakdown.
Raw-Water System & Sea Strainer Overhaul, Superyacht Hardstand Refit
Hauled out at GCCM with heavily fouled intakes and bronze sea strainers seized solid, this superyacht received a complete raw-water overhaul, old stainless pipework stripped out, strainer housings refurbished in our workshop with new lids, custom 316 studs fabricated, the stern thruster serviced and a new air-conditioning circulation pump commissioned before relaunch.
Telescopic Tender Crane Overhaul & Dyneema Renewal, Motor Yacht
A telescopic tender-garage crane came out of service with a worn dyneema lifting line and stripped mounting threads. Working at the berth with a purpose-built lifting setup, no shipyard crane, we removed the crane, extracted the internal extension arm, renewed the line, repaired the threads and load-tested with a water bag before signing off a full tender lift.
Stabiliser & Bow Thruster Overhaul, Motor Yacht Hardstand Refit
A snapped swim platform strut brought us aboard in the water; the haul-out that followed became a full overhaul of both stabiliser fin shafts, the bow thruster gearbox and the platform lifting gear. Sleeve bearings, seals and spacer plates renewed with custom tooling, saltwater-contaminated thruster rebuilt, redesigned billet clevis arms fitted, all signed off underway on sea trial.
Main Engine Exhaust Overhaul & Valve Renewal, RINA-Classed Motor Yacht
Both main engine exhaust systems on a RINA-classed motor yacht were stripped to the hull flanges during an extended hardstand refit: DN350 and DN400 butterfly valves renewed with European-sourced units carrying EN 10204-3.1 material certificates, high-temperature graphite gaskets and stud bolts custom made, a burn-through catch on the starboard expansion joint, and the rebuilt systems pressure tested in line with class requirements.
Whole-Vessel Systems Survey & Hardstand Maintenance, Flybridge Motor Yacht
A ten-day hardstand at The Boat Works became a whole-vessel systems survey: every valve, pump, thruster and hose inspected and reported as the work progressed, seized sea strainers stripped and rebuilt, the watermaker serviced, the fresh water system renewed tap by tap, and the vessel back in the water on schedule.
Hydraulic Davit Crane Refurbishment & Load Test, Motor Yacht
A Besenzoni hydraulic davit crane came off a motor yacht for a full refurbishment during her refit: stripped to components, five cylinders, the slewing swivel and the power unit overhauled and pressure-tested, the hoses condition-reported and renewed, the structure repainted, then rebuilt in our Coomera workshop, craned back aboard at The Boat Works and load-tested to its 600 kg plate rating before sign-off.
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