We handle stainless, aluminum and steel welding and fabrication.
We build custom pulpits, rails, ladders, bow rollers, stern rollers, platforms and deck gear. We also do modifications and repairs.
Marine Plumbing and Electrical
All aspects of marine plumbing are available, from fresh water systems to heads and waste management, bilge pumps and water heaters. Water maker installations and service, custom live wells and bait wells.
We can also handle all through hull work on your boat.
We handle all aspects from troubleshooting and repair to new systems installation. Battery management and charging systems, solar, generator and shore power. Lighting, heating, cooling, controls and instrumentation.
We handle commissioning of vessels and mast work electrical since quite often when a boat is shipped the wiring is disconnected and needs to put into commission. We install radar, GPS, radios and wind instrumentation and repair units as well.
We do battery replacements and repair terminals, install new charging systems. It is easy for us to replace batteries in our yard since we get the batteries delivered here, put them on a forklift and put them up level with a boat and install. Much easier than transporting the batteries to your boat and bringing them onboard and wedging them into place.
Fiberglass and Woodwork
Harbor Marineworks is known throughout the industry for the finest quality in fiberglass and woodwork, design, fabrication and restoration. From complex construction to interior trim, we have the knowhow and man power to perfect your project. Our staff is well versed in polyester, epoxy and vinyl ester resin technology.
We do a lot of polyester work as well as a lot of epoxy work so depending on your situation we can work with either with expertise. We use West System Epoxy products.
We do everything from fuel tanks to transoms to large modifications like cockpit extensions or transom doors.
We make molds to make different parts and mounting shims.. We rebuild rudders, split the casing and refoam it.
We have a designated fiberglass shop here at HMW to handle any of your needs.
We offer all levels of osmotic blister treatment, from an individual spot repair to complete bottom peeling and resurfacing. We can customize a treatment approach based upon your budget and blister condition. We are equipped with state of the art moisture detection and metering equipment, and epoxy technology. We deal with the blisters depending on the severity of what it is doing to the boat.
What creates an osmotic blister is salt water getting into the resin base. It goes through the bottom paint, gets into the fiberglass, reacts to the resin and creates a kind of jelly/acidy solution that foams and corrodes. It then bubbles the gelcoat up away from the boat and forms a blister and starts to damage the fiberglass.
When most production boats are constructed, gelcoat (pigmented polyester resin) is sprayed into the bottom of the boat mold, then a chopper gun fires out fiberglass and a resin mixture which goes on top of the gelcoat. Before this sets, the structural laminate which is a mat roving combination is hand laid in the bottom of the mold. The chopper layer on the outside is what protects the structural laminate.
If the blister is just in that chopper gun layer of fiberglass, it is usually a simple grind out spot treatment type of approach. We can grind them out, dry them out, solvent bathe them and get all the moisture out and repair the damage.
If the blister is deeper and the water goes beyond that into the structural laminate roving material, then the water can travel much easier since it travels down the strands of material as opposed to getting to the end of the chopped up layer. This can cause more structural damage to the boat.
Shipwright Service
Our lead shipwright has over thirty years of boat building, commissioning, and shipyard experience. From simple through hull work to complex system installations and repair, we have the in-house expertise. We are a Wesmar installation and service facility, for bow thrusters, stern thrusters and stabilizers. We provide all aspects of drive gear repair and replacement, props, shafts, struts, rudders, and packing glands.
We service and change lots of through hulls, intakes and exits. We also work on jet drives such as this Rolls Royce shown being dismantled.
