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Why hire a marine surveyor?
Buying a boat without an expert inspection leaves you exposed to real safety and financial risk. A pre-purchase survey identifies deficiencies, maintenance needs and potential failures, and gives you the tools to negotiate the price with confidence.
Avoiding accidents at the working place
Avoiding accidents at the working place By Christian Mancebo, Surveyor Associate As marine surveyors, we are exposed every single day of work to many different risk situations. The environment where we developed our day to day job is, by itself, abnormal and represents a great diversity of hazards to our physical integrity. Health and safety…
Battery installations
BATTERY INSTALLATIONS By Wayne Canning, AMS® Batteries are the heart of your boat’s electrical system. They can also be a very dangerous part of your electrical systems if not correctly installed. Batteries contain a large amount of energy along with some not pleasant chemicals, which can leak, and every now and then a battery may…
Alarm malfunctioning
Indication of alarm malfunctioning Potential Sources of Carbon Monoxide CO Facts ABYC has published an updated standard, A-24 Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems.The standard now requires CO alarms on all boats with an enclosed accommodation compartment manufactured after July 31, 2016.
Seacocks
TALKING ABOUT SEACOCKS By Christian Mancebo, SA One of the most important single parts on the boats are the seacocks and thru-hulls. Among the crucial responsibilities of every surveyor is to assess the quality and condition of those two components. The ABYC has established standards (H27) for marine seacocks. One of them is that the…
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