BoatWired brings mobile marine electrical service to boat owners in Wilmette and along the North Shore. We come to your boat in Wilmette Harbor, on its trailer, or in winter storage, and handle everything from a dead circuit to a complete rewire.
Boating out of Wilmette Harbor
Wilmette Harbor sits where the North Shore Channel meets Lake Michigan and has a strong sailing community. Sailboats have their own electrical needs: masthead and navigation lights, instruments and autopilots, and house batteries that have to last without an engine running. We see a lot of:
- Mast wiring and lights: tricolor and anchor lights, deck lights and wind instruments, with connectors that hold up to spray and stepping and unstepping the mast every season.
- House battery and charging upgrades: bigger banks, smarter chargers, solar, and lithium conversions with the cold-weather protection the lake requires.
- Instruments and autopilots: clean power and NMEA 2000 networks, so instruments don't drop out when the autopilot works hard.
Fitting the North Shore season
North Shore boats come out every fall and go back in every spring, often with the mast unstepped in between. That makes spring a good time to check mast wiring and connections before the mast goes back up, and winter a good time for larger projects. If you're planning work, tell us when the boat will be accessible and we'll work around it.
Services for Wilmette boat owners
- Boat wiring and rewiring
- Electrical troubleshooting
- Battery and charging systems
- Shore power repair
- Electronics and navigation installation
Request a quote and tell us about your boat and where it's kept.