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Subject: TWL: Survey and certification of new boats
From: Arild Jensen (elnav@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Dec 22 2001 - 17:50:58 EST
At 04:30 PM 12/22/2001 -0000, M. Kenneth McQuage wrote:
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> In the UK - seeking a Lloyds A1 approval for a new boat requires that a
>Lloyds inspector be present <<< snip>>>>
> I wish we had something like that here in the US - waiting for the CG
>to issue a recall of a obviously defective boat seems - to me at least wholy
>inadequate..Just seems to me to be worth the extra 2 % to 5% - of the cost
>of a boat .
REPLY
There is such a certification process, but is not applied to smaller
vessels..
ABS - American Bureau of Ships is sometimes used by megayacht owners.
From what I have heard this is a certification process imposed by the
insurance companies, seldom asked for by owners.
However, it is more common for a custom boat to be inspected by a
surveyor on a regular basis to ensure the boat conforms to the purchasae
specifications. Like ABYC this is a voluntary practice.
Cheers
Arild Jensen
The Electronic Navigator
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