Yah rats nest it was. He actually paid to have the entire sailboat rewired, even the 110 volt side. One day it was not running right, carb problem. He said I thought you overhauled the motor? No sir, we just fixed the wiring......lolI call those "flying rat nests". Nobody ever thinks that someone may come along behind them.
I had a blow boater come in and every single wire was red, no tags, no nothing...sent him down the road fast, as he was a sailor and I have yet to meet one that will pay to make it right.