Field Notes
Freeport, Bahamas – ABS / U.S. Flag
Freeport, Bahamas – ABS / U.S. Flag
Freeport, Bahamas – ABS / U.S. Flag
October 2026
Cargo vessel returning to service after months laid up. GMDSS station assessed and a repair list issued to get her back to sea.
Fort Lauderdale – ABS / Jamaica
Freeport, Bahamas – ABS / U.S. Flag
Freeport, Bahamas – ABS / U.S. Flag
October 2026
Post-refit radio survey: VHF DSC, MF/HF DSC, Iridium, EPIRBs and SARTs all verified for the vessel's sea area.
Fort Lauderdale – Lloyd's Register / Cayman Islands
Fort Lauderdale – Lloyd's Register / Cayman Islands
Fort Lauderdale – Lloyd's Register / Cayman Islands
September 2026
Cleared a radar EPFS error and produced a new Record of GMDSS Installation for the vessel.
Key West – ABS / Cayman Islands
Fort Lauderdale – Lloyd's Register / Cayman Islands
Fort Lauderdale – Lloyd's Register / Cayman Islands
September 2026
Cleared an Inmarsat-C message backlog and system errors; both Inmarsat-C units passed performance testing. Zero deficiencies.
From the Archive, 1998–2023
Integrated Bridge Navigation
Integrated Bridge Navigation
Integrated Bridge Navigation
September 2023
Radar, ECDIS and conning displays on a yacht's integrated bridge.
Radar and Satcom Mast
Integrated Bridge Navigation
Integrated Bridge Navigation
December 2021
Twin Furuno radar arrays and two satellite domes on a yacht mast, indoors at a refit shed.
Radar Scanner Service
Integrated Bridge Navigation
Radar Scanner Service
October 2021
A radar scanner opened up aloft for service, transceiver exposed.
AIS Installation
Bridge Navigation & Communications Refit
Radar Scanner Service
April 2017
Installed and commissioned a new Automatic Identification System (AIS).
Bridge Radar and Chart Display
Bridge Navigation & Communications Refit
Bridge Navigation & Communications Refit
October 2016
Radar and electronic chart display on a vessel's bridge.
Bridge Navigation & Communications Refit
Bridge Navigation & Communications Refit
Bridge Navigation & Communications Refit
November 2015
A complete bridge navigation and communications refit on an expedition vessel.
VSAT Installation
Superyacht TVRO Commissioning
Superyacht TVRO Commissioning
April 2014
VSAT satellite communications system installed on a yacht.
Superyacht TVRO Commissioning
Superyacht TVRO Commissioning
Superyacht TVRO Commissioning
February 2013
Superyacht refit, with new TVRO satellite TV antennas installed and commissioned.
Superyacht Refit
Superyacht TVRO Commissioning
Radar Replacement, USNS Ship
December 2008
Radar and mast equipment work during a superyacht refit.
Radar Replacement, USNS Ship
Radar Replacement, USNS Ship
Radar Replacement, USNS Ship
1998
Replaced the radar aboard a USNS ship in Baltimore Harbor, ten years before founding Aquatic Navigation.