Halyard
Marine Consulting
Deliveries · Consulting · Fabrication

Everything that gets a boat to sea

Yacht deliveries, purchase and restoration advice, hands-on training, and custom parts designed and printed in house. One USCG licensed Master Captain for the whole voyage, from the first survey to the last mile.

USCG Master Captain Based in Chicago Great Lakes East Coast Caribbean
Services

Six ways to come aboard

Fifteen years of running complex operations on the road and on the water, applied to the boats people care about most.

01A sailing yacht at anchor below a bridge on the Hudson River
On the water

Yacht deliveries

Coastal, offshore and inland passages, including the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal and the river systems. Skippered by a USCG licensed Master, with passage planning, provisioning, crew and a clean handover at the far end.

02A classic ketch alongside a dock on the Hudson
Before you buy

New boat purchase consulting

Help defining the right boat, shortlisting and viewing candidates, coordinating surveys and sea trials, and reading what the survey actually says before you sign.

03An original marine diesel lifted out of a boat in the yard
In the yard

Restoration management

Scope, budget, schedule and trades for a refit of any size. One point of contact who tracks every invoice and keeps the yard, the riggers and the electricians moving in step.

04A sailboat at anchor beneath wooded hills
Aboard your boat

Private training

One on one instruction on your own boat from a USCG Master Captain: boat handling and docking, anchoring, systems and maintenance, night passages, and the confidence to take her out shorthanded.

05A yacht's transom at the dock at sunset
Ashore and afloat

Charter consultations

Bareboat and crewed charters planned properly: choosing the base and the boat, building an itinerary that suits the group, and briefing the crew before you fly.

06Render of a black shore power panel with gold lettering
Designed and printed in house

Custom 3D marine parts

Panels, brackets, enclosures and one-off replacements, modeled to the exact hardware and printed in marine-grade engineering plastics.

See the work →
Home port, Chicago
From the survey to the sea trial, and every mile in between.
Design & Fabrication

Parts that fit the first time

Every part starts from the manufacturer's drawings and a test coupon, then prints face down so the finish is clean and the lettering is inlaid flush, not painted on.

Render of a four-module AC and DC breaker panel in black with gold inlaid labels, a relay and bilge pump control module, and a Victron display module
Modular AC / DC breaker panel  ·  Four modules, 33 x 9 in overallBlack ASA, gold inlay
Render of a sealed two-breaker ELCI shore power box
Shore power
Twin ELCI shore power box

A sealed, gasketed enclosure for two 30A ELCI breakers with power and reverse polarity indicators and cable glands sized to the cord.

Render of a white engine control panel with ignition, start, stop and bilge alarm
Engine room
Diesel engine control panel

Ignition, start and stop, plus a bilge alarm with mute, laid out for a classic marine diesel and printed in UV-stable white ASA.

Materials

ASA for UV and heat, PETG and carbon-filled nylon or PET where strength matters.

Fit

Hole patterns drawn from datasheets and proven on a printed coupon before the full part.

Finish

Printed face down for a textured face, with two-color lettering inlaid flush.

Deliverables

Finished parts, or the print files and settings if you would rather print your own.

Renders shown. Photographs of finished parts to follow.

A classic yawl in the travel lift slings at a boatyard
Sag Harbor, NY
A classic yawl alongside a marina dock
Under way to Chicago
A classic yawl on her mooring
On her mooring
Proving ground

Tested on our own Hinckley

Every service on this page has been put to work on Challenge, a 1975 Hinckley Sou’wester yawl: bought, delivered home from Sag Harbor to Chicago, and now in a full stem to stern refit.

  • DeliveryLong Island Sound, the Hudson, the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes to Chicago.
  • RestorationRepower, all-new AC and DC electrical, through hulls, plumbing and the head.
  • FabricationBreaker panels, shore power box, engine controls and brackets, designed and printed in house.
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Get in touch

Tell us about your boat

Send a note with the boat, where she is, and what you have in mind, and we will come back to you directly.

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USCG Master Captain · Chicago, Illinois · Available worldwide