Planned maintenance for vessels working out of Bali: tropical service intervals, corrosion control, charter readiness, and records that hold up at survey.
A workable Bali maintenance calendar is built around two fixed points: the annual haul-out, and the start of the dry-season charter run. Everything else schedules around those. The value is not in the list […]
Warm, highly conductive tropical water accelerates galvanic activity, so anodes in Bali are consumed faster and faults show up sooner than in temperate waters. An anode that disappears quickly is a symptom, not a
Charter-readiness is a second standard on top of mechanical condition: the boat must be safe, comfortable and self-sufficient in waters where help is far away. The pre-season inspection exists to catch, before the first
A repair that is not documented did not happen, as far as an insurer, a surveyor or a future buyer is concerned. The record needs four things: photographs at each stage, a variation log
Dry-season conditions favour coating work but that is exactly when yards are fullest and slots are tightest; wet-season work is entirely viable with containment and a realistic weather allowance, and it puts the boat