I have made this point before, but I want to start right off with it again. Electrical work on your boat should be, at the very least, supervised or inspected by a qualified marine electrician. ABYC offers a very thorough certification course in marine electrical. I...
The leading cause of boat sinkings, mechanical failures, and fire can all be found in the bilge. That’s a bold statement, isn’t it? One has to be careful when you they are in the cause-effect business of marine damage surveys. Like degrees of separation, one...
I have always interpreted this statement and idea to mean we report what we see on the boat without significant influence from a party interested in the outcome of the report. It is an idea that assists in making decisions on what and how to report findings. It is an...
Today, everywhere you spend the night, you can expect the protection of a smoke alarm. Government, insurance and specific industry regulations require smoke alarms to be installed during construction, manufacturing and/or sale, in every type of structure. They are...
My solution to the problems, concerns and mandates about marine toilets had been to use a Porta-Potti and a few jury-rig devices that satisfy federal “no discharge” requirements. It was not an ideal solution. The thought of drilling two (2) holes in my...
Several years ago, while surfing the internet for some new and better information about treating hull blisters, I came upon some articles by Bengt Blomberg, a Swede, who was one of pioneers in osmosis treatment. Blomberg had some unorthodox ideas on why blisters...
Some thoughts on the perils of boat appraising One of the most important and sometimes the most difficult aspects of dealing with pleasure boats from everyone’s perspective; buyers, sellers, yacht brokers and marine surveyors, is the establishing of a monetary...
Marine surveyors perform inspections of vessels of all types including pleasure craft, passenger vessels, tugboats, fishing boats, barges, dredges, oil rigs, ferries, cargo vessels and warships, as well as marine cargo, marine engines and facilities such as canals,...
