Service Mechanic for CAT 3208 - Liguria, Italy

[Skipper Felice]

Hello sailors

At the beginning of the year, it's time to do some planning:
Our two CAT 3208s (hours: ca. 1,200) need a service mechanic / anual service.

In Italy/Loano, there is CAPRA & OLIVARI ( Capra & Olivari - Centro Assistenza Motori Marini ) for Caterpillar engines: Does anyone know this company?
Does anyone know a good CAT mechanic in the Liguria region or northern Italy?

 

[rafiki_]

Hello sailors

At the beginning of the year, it's time to do some planning:
Our two CAT 3208s (hours: ca. 1,200) need a service mechanic / anual service.

In Italy/Loano, there is CAPRA & OLIVARI ( Capra & Olivari - Centro Assistenza Motori Marini ) for Caterpillar engines: Does anyone know this company?
Does anyone know a good CAT mechanic in the Liguria region or northern Italy?

Try a PM to MapisM. He is Italian, and knows the Italian boating scene.

 

[MapisM]

Try a PM to MapisM. He is Italian, and knows the Italian boating scene.

Thanks P for your trust, but while the former is definitely true, the latter is only up to a point.
In fact, I do know a few Cat services around Italy which I could recommend, but they are very far from where the OP keeps his boat.
OTOH, in my experience (and in reply also to the OP's pm) official Cat shops are rather good anywhere in Italy, so if the one mentioned above is one of them, that would be my first port of call.
Also because with boats, there's something to be said about the convenience of having someone nearby servicing them.
Besides, 3208s being old school non-electronic stuff, any mechanic with a half decent experience on marine engines should be able to take good care of them.