I started a boat maintenance internship this week.  It’s something I’ve been looking forward to immensely — I’ve wanted to learn how to work on engines ever since I realized that they constantly break down.

Niemiec Marine is a top-notch boat yard in New Bedford, MA, owned and operated by Martin Niemiec and his amazing work crew.  They’re all tolerating me this week as I ask zillions of questions and take things apart that were working just fine before I got my hands on them (ahem!  Like say, a certain pressure gauge.  Sorry guys.).

I hope I don’t blow anything up!  (although secretly, I think it would be cool to blow something up.  Nothing big…just something small to go boom.).  I’m not sure what the thing above is — a piston?  Anyway, that’s what I’m here for.