A full rewire is a significant job, and not every tired-looking installation needs one. Plenty of boats need a handful of circuits replaced and a properly specified distribution panel rather than a strip-out.
These are the findings that push a boat towards a rewire, and the ones that do not.
Where several of these appear together, piecemeal repair tends to cost more over time than doing it once.
Untidy but sound tinned wiring, an old-looking but functional panel, and a few circuits that were added competently are not reasons to strip a boat. Neither is age on its own: well-installed marine cable in a dry location lasts a very long time.
Often the right answer is replacing the distribution panel and the circuits that fail inspection, labelling everything, and producing a schematic. That gives you a documented, protected installation without the cost and disruption of a full strip-out.
Tinned marine-grade cable sized for the load and the run, correctly rated protection at every source, crimped and supported terminations, consistent labelling, and a schematic handed over at the end. The documentation is what makes future work — and a future sale — straightforward.
It depends entirely on the size of the boat and how much of the installation is accessible. We give a time estimate as part of the written quote after seeing her.
Often, yes — commonly starting with distribution and safety-critical circuits and working through the rest over subsequent visits.
A documented, standards-compliant installation with a schematic removes a common source of survey findings and buyer hesitation.
Yes. Untinned copper corrodes in a marine environment, and solid-core cable work-hardens and fractures with vibration.
We'll inspect the installation and tell you honestly which it is, with a written itemised quote either way.