Webinar Diesel Maintenance Best Practices (2x2h)

This 4-hour webinar (2x two hours) is for everyone wanting to learn more about their entire marine diesel system – from the fuel deck fill to the propeller. The course will guide you through an understanding of how things work as well as maintenance best practices.

𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑 & 𝟐𝟓: 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞
𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟗:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞:
This 2x two-hour webinar (𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 & 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 evenings) is for everyone wanting to learn more about their entire marine diesel system – from the fuel and deck fill to the propeller – understanding how things work and maintenance best practices. The course will cover:
• engine essentials – why diesel work, hoses, hose clamps, and belts
• diesel fuel – why clean fuel is so essential, HUM and fuel filters and microns
• lubrication – functions of engine oil, oil filters, and dipstick diagnostics
• cooling – seacocks, impellers, thermostats, and how to avoid two common ways to drown an engine
• breathing – getting enough clean air into the engine compartment and the engine
• electrical – load testing batteries, understanding starters and the importance of anodes
• marine transmissions – damper plates, keeping the gearbox happy, couplings and flexible couplings
• propeller shaft seals – traditional and dripless,
• inspecting struts, cutlass bearings, and propellers

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫: Dennison Berwick is a marine mechanic (ABYC certified) and the creator and publisher of the Marine Diesel Basics project, which provides visual guides to marine diesel systems. His book on maintenance, winterizing, and recommissioning has been acclaimed by Peter Nielsen in Sail Magazine as "the best guide on the subject I’ve seen, this book has a place on every diesel-equipped boat”. The book is available in English, French, Portuguese and Chinese. He has also published a series of value-added Maintenance Logbooks for Single and Twin Engine installations in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese. He is working to complete book 2 in the Marine Diesel Basics series - How Things Work, Installation Guidelines. The 500-page book is a comprehensive review of the entire diesel system with over 2000 drawings. The book should be published later this year.
Dennison is also a bluewater sailor with experience in the Great Lakes, North Atlantic, English Channel, Southeast Asia, and East and South Africa. In 2022 he completed his first ocean passage, and first solo ocean passage, crossing the Indian Ocean from Thailand to Tanzania, east Africa, aboard his 36-foot steel sloop Oceans Five. Earlier this year, he set out to sail solo from Namibia to Brazil; however, in a "meditative state," while hand-steering for 12 days, he decided to focus on his books and stopped the passage when he reached St. Helena. He has made available for free download 2500+ engine manuals and other publications from his website: https://www.marinedieselbasics.com

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬: An illustrated manual summarising the most important information from the webinar will be provided.

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Zoom
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: September 23 and 25,2024 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐳𝐞: 50

𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭:
• BCA Members - $45 (𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨)
• Non-Members - $65
Register here https://www.bluewatercruising.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1883107

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐞: There is a $15 processing fee in the event of participant cancellation. To keep the course available to those on the waitlist, participant cancellation will be accepted until 48 hours from the event start time.