The guys had an engine come in that was overheating.  Chris, a mechanic, fixed what he thought was the problem and we went for a test drive.  The engine was still overheating over a certain RPM (too low an RPM be overheating at), and so we took the boat back so that Chris could pull […]

We extracted a giant Volvo engine yesterday.  Today I watched (and occasionally helped) Dave, one of Niemiec Marine’s certified mechanics, take it apart.  It was great to finally see the inside of an engine, as up until now all of my knowledge had been pretty theoretical.  It makes a world of difference to actually SEE […]

Today we crane-lifted a Volvo diesel engine out of a pretty big boat.  I’m sorry if you were hoping for more technical specs — as I said, I’m learning.  “Diesel” and “pretty big boat” is about as technical as I get right now.  Did I mention I’m learning? I’m learning tons, actually, and I really, […]

I started a boat maintenance internship this week. It’s something I’ve been looking forward to immensely —

Hi!  My name’s Myfanwy, and I’m the 2009 North American Rolex Scholar of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society.  You can call me Von for short. Up until now, I’ve been posting my photo blogs here.  I’m now posting to this location so that my fellow scholars (European and Australasian) and I can all be a […]