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BAZLEY INVESTMENTS
January 11, 2002
Subject: Letter of Recommendation
for John Page of Reliable Marine Electric, Inc.
To Whom It May Concern:
I first met John Page in December 1999
when Bazley Investments sent me to San Diego to supervise the
purchase and transport of a 96' Sportfisherman to the Mediterranean.
Before the yacht left California, we
carried out a three month refit which included the conversion
of the existing US electrical system to the European 50HZ, 220V
system. We were apprehensive about finding a serious electrical
engineer with experience in this type of work. John came highly
recommended and his confidence and knowledge proved to be of
great value as the project progressed. There were no drawings
of the boat's technical systems, but he and his team managed
to overcome all the obstacles that presented themselves as well
as upgrade the electrical system to achieve better performance.
He later travelled to France to terminate his work once the
new interior had been completed.
Overall, John is a very conscientious
and thorough engineer who undertakes his job with great efficiency
and responsibility. Since the completion of this project, we
have kept in contact with John and used his consultancy services
for other yachts owned by Bazley Investments. We would not hesitate
to recommend his company for any type of project be it refit
work or new builds.
Please don't hesitate to contact me should you require additional
information. My Phone number in France is +33 619 92 06 77.
Sincerely,
Ivo B. Marconi
Yacht Manager for Bazley Investments
February 06, 2002 8:18 AM
Julian Keith, M.D.
I am the delighted owner (6 years) of
a 1982 Californian 42 LRC twin-diesel trawler, CAPTIVATE, that
has been carefully and lovingly restored / updated over the
years of my ownership. It is a fabulous coastal / islands cruiser
and a roomy and comfortable liveaboard. It made a flawless 14
day (250 operating hours / 1300 nautical miles) West Coast passage
from San Diego to Puget Sound in October 2000 in conjunction
with a Navy permanent change-of-station move and has performly
consistently well in predicted log (precision navigation) competition
in both Southern California and in the Pacific Northwest, including
being the 'winning yacht' in the North American
Invitational championship in San Diego in 1998.
My efforts in the renovation and updating
of CAPTIVATE were consistently focused on improving reliability,
safety, and performance. A significant part of those efforts
- a good part of a year's work of work - was in the professional
reengineering and purchase / installation of completely new
AC and DC electrical systems to replace the jumble of outdated,
confusing, and unreliable electrical systems which I inherited
from the previous owners. John Page of Reliable Marine Electric
of San Diego was 'the brains and the brawn' in a fabulously
successful transformation of the electrical systems. Work included
new and separate starting batteries for the twin Caterpillar
diesel main engines and the Westerbeke diesel generator; alternators
replacement; a charger dedicated to charging of starting batteries;
paralleling circuits (to the house battery bank) to provide
redundancy in
starting for each of the 3 diesels; a new 800Ah 12V house bank
and
associated Trace 2500W/120 amp inverter/charger; rewired AC
circuits; a dedicated inverter AC electrical subpanel; a Link
20 multifunction battery moniting system; and detailed schematics
of the new systems on completion of the job.
The size and the complexity of the electrical
systems work and the fact that extensive rework of previous
circuits and systems was required resulted in the expected number
of questions and quirks in the system. Both local and then remote
(from Puget Sound), John provided analysis and recommendations
to me as the owner supporting my own troubleshooting and COMPLETE
resolution of all issues. He volunteered a trip to Puget Sound
to take care of remaining issues that were resolved by me with
John's assistance from afar. The support was FABULOUS. The electrical
systems have performed just as capably and just as reliably
as they were intended to do. Work well done;
investment well made; MAJOR improvement in enjoyment and operation
from the distracting and confounding problems of the old system.
My thanks go to John and his crew at
Reliable Marine Electric. My
association with them was so good in CAPTIVATE, before and after
I left San Diego, that I have included John in consultation
on my current purchase of a 'new' (1970) 72' pilothouse trawler
intended for permanent liveaboard use and future extended cruising.
Julian Keith, M.D.
Captain, Medical Corps
United States Navy
To Whom it May Concern:
During several visits to San Diego, CA,
John Page and his team
at Reliable have proven to be a great asset in their ability
to
perform quality design, installation and repair work to a variety
of complex electrical systems throughout our vessel. It is good
to know that we can always count on Reliable to meet our
needs in a professional and timely manner.
Chris Watters
Chief Engineer
M/V Charade
charadecrew@vnw.com
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