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Having bought a second hand yacht and been somewhat shocked by the state of the wiring this course is literally a life saver. Any owner needs to follow this course before doing any DIY on their boat or even commissioning work from a “professional”. The first few lessons with recap of basic electrical science was a slight drag but then covering the differences for marine work, connectors, wire sizing, colours and current protection made it all very worthwhile.
I am a complete neophyte when it comes to electricity. When we bought a 1997 blue water boat in 2025 I knew I wanted a modern/dependable/efficient electrical system and the Boat How To Marine Electric 101 course enlighted me to "What right should look like." That got me started to tear every wire out of our boat with the intent to rewire everything. Once there (now what?), I needed help. Called Jan requesting a mechanism for consultation. He immediately obliged by connecting me to Matthias (the newest BHT partner) who video-called with me once and set out to rediagram my entire new Victron config, recommended pieces of control equipment I was missing and answered EVERY question I texted to him in quick succession. Matthias is my GO TO guy who is enabling me to finish this otherwise massive DIY project and has taken me from plebe to marine electric graduate with confidence the system is going to work properly. Further, Matthias and Jan are retail suppliers in Europe of everything lithium. Stuff that could be be sourced in the US they can source in Europe. AMAZING SERVICE. Anyone hesitant about marine electric or DIY electric would be well advised the best $$ spent on your project will be this course and/or BHT direct consulting. My wife and I are absolutly amazed at their service, 100% personalized analysis and recommendations. Diesel is next! Thanks a million Nigel, Jan and Matthias! Can't say enugh good words. 10 stars.
BoatHowTo offers excellent information on diesel mechanics and boat electrics. The video format is easy to understand / follow and offers strategies to improve your boat safely. Happy to be aboard and view this as a good spend!
Being able to re-watch the lessons to catch more of the details is great. I'm not in the classes for a grade; I'm trying to learn how to take care of the electrical system on my boat. The lessons are well paced and the graphics are really helpful.The only negative would be that the written material in not in a PDF format that can be downloaded and referred to easily.
I am so amazed by this new course concept and its implementation: The professional contents paired with breath taking illustrations and an easy to understand explanation. The combination of Jans and Nigels expertise, adding competences to each other and forming a perfect training package, prepared with a lot of effort, is really unique in the marine world. Even my wife started to participate in the courses to understand electrics better, although she had no clue about it before. For me as engineer and trained hobby electrician the basics were not boring but quickly added a lot expertise of how to design and install el. systems and especially of what the critical issues are to take care of on an existing yacht. The price of the course is certainly justified for the added value it brings, which many amateur YouTube videos will never achieve.
Congratulations on preparing a really well thought out course. Your videos were well produced and I love that you produced them on your boat! The written chapter notes matched and supplemented the videos and your questions on the quizzes were a good review to make sure that the learning has settled into usable knowledge. I read through the ABYC Marine Electrical Certification and was pleased at the alignment of the ABYC course material and Electronics 101-it pleased me to note the consistency.I now know what I need to know as the lead rigger at Atlantic Boat Company to be able to connect and disconnect mast wiring. Thank you again for a well done course that was a pleasure to take!Annie Baker
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