Background I have found over the years that many of my clients do not really understand what a marine survey is or just what a marine surveyor does. Knowing […]
Articles
Articles I have written related to marine surveying and vessel safety
Kidde Fire extinguisher Recall
For those who have not heard Kidde is having a major fire extinguisher recall due to issues with their units made with plastic handles and Plastic nozzles. The issue has […]
Understanding Salvage
The challenge of having your boat salvaged or recovered after a storm or accident can be intimidating and confusing. No two salvage operations are the same and dealing with insurance […]
Boat Yard Safety
Ahh it is that time of year, time to get out the scrapers and paint brushes, fire up the sanders and buffers and get to work on preparing your boat […]
Visual Distress Signals
With GPS, VHF, EPIRBs, and Cell phones, we feel pretty safe and hardly think about ever having to use Visual Distress Signals to get help. Most automobile and recreational vehicle […]
Fixed Fire Suppression Systems.
In part 1 I talked about hand held fire extinguishers now I would like to talk about fixed fire extinguisher systems also know as pre engineered systems. These are the […]
Maintaining Fire extinguishers.
As a marine surveyor, one of the items that I always check is the vessels fire extinguishers. Unfortunately, more often than not, I find equipment that is old and in […]
Personal Floatation Devices for recreational craft
Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) or more commonly known as Life Vests are wearable or throwable devices designed to help keep a person in the water afloat. The USCG requires vessels […]
EPIRBs & PLB’s
One of the single most important developments for marine safety has been the EPIRB and more recently the PLB. What are EPIRBs and PLBs? EPIRBs (emergency position-indicating radio beacons) and […]
