Marine electrical and systems

Boat systems, planned and done right.

Branshore Marine installs and troubleshoots electrical, electronics and onboard systems on boats around the Portland area. We like owners to understand how their boat works, so we explain as we go.

Book service What we work on
Two batteries in their boxes with red positive and yellow negative cables, every cable labelled, and an automatic charging relay on the bulkhead

Electrical and systems work, explained as we go

Most jobs touch more than one system, so we plan the whole job before we start. Then we show you what we did and why, so you know your boat better when we leave.

Electrical

DC and AC systems, battery banks and lithium upgrades, charging, solar, inverters and shore power.

Sized, fused and labelled to ABYC

Electronics and networks

NMEA 2000 networks, chartplotters, radar, AIS and VHF, autopilots and Starlink, and the wiring behind them.

Backbone, power and termination checked

Systems installs

Bilge pumps, fresh water and plumbing, refrigeration, windlasses and thrusters, and the hardware that holds them.

One plan for the whole job

Know your boat

A walk-through of your own boat: what each switch does, where the fuses are, what to check each month and what to do when something quits.

You keep the notes

Recent work

An eight-battery house bank in its box with heavy cables run along the top
Eight-battery house bank, boxed and strapped
A white helm console with a chartplotter pod, joystick, switch panels and a wooden wheel
Helm rebuilt with a new plotter pod and switch panels
A chartplotter pod on the shop bench after glassing and fairing
The plotter pod on the bench, before paint
A gray 3D-printed helm pod on the shop bench with a round compass opening
Printed helm pod, straight off the printer
A white helm pod with a compass and B&G chartplotter mounted on a sailboat steering pedestal
The finished helm pod aboard, compass and plotter in place
A small instrument display mounted on a white pedestal behind a stainless wheel
New instrument display at the steering pedestal

Plan your own job

Doing the work yourself? Book a flat-fee sit-down. We work out what the job takes and how it goes together, and you leave with a written plan and phone support.

Book a planning session
About

A small shop that plans the whole job

Branshore Marine is run by Chris Richard out of Scappoose, Oregon, on the Columbia River side of the Portland area. Most problems on a boat touch more than one system, so we look at how the whole job fits together before anything gets cut, drilled or wired.

The best part of the job is showing owners how their boat works. An owner who knows where the fuses are and why the pump is wired the way it is catches problems early. That's why we write the weekly blog, too.

We're members of the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC), and our work follows its standards.

A finished helm console with a chartplotter, switch panels and a wood steering wheel
Contact

Tell us about the boat and the job

Call or email with the make, length and what's going on. We'll get back to you to set up a time.

Phone541.953.3212
Emailchris@branshore.com
Based inScappoose, OregonServing boats around the Portland area