re career in yacht surveying.
Some careers are based on knowledge that has been learned, and others are based on experience working in the field. Yacht surveying is certainly in the latter catagory.
If you take a look at the well established and reliable yacht surveyors based in the UK you will find that nearly all of them have spent many years previously working as boatbuilders.
The fabric, equipment and condition of a boat is therefore almost second nature to them. They have put these things together often starting on the loft floor, and finishing with striking the boot top line, having looked after the installation of every piece of equipment. These people know boats inside out, upside down and back to front. Their's is experience based knowledge and cannot be learned in a class room.
So shame on those colleges who encourage people with no thorough boatbuilding or repair experience to follow diploma courses in yacht surveying.
If you want to be a yacht surveyor then make sure that you first have at least 10 years working in a boatyard or factory. Owning and running a yacht is simply not enough.
Jim Pritchard, yacht surveyor and boatbuilder.
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