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Bill Caselton's story.
I am an Affiliate Member of the YDSA and an Associate Member of the IIMS
also a Member of the Internation Institut des Experts Maritimes and a Member
of the International Association of Marine Investigators
I like dealing with wooden boats especially classics.
I am the Consultant Marine Surveyor for the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy
I undertake Registrations which involve Tonnage Surveys.
I also wish to deal with RCD Coding and in this connection my Certifying Authority is the Hellenic Register of Shipping, for which I am an approved surveyor.
I am anxious to develop into Europe especially France so perhaps this can be borne in mind when deciding strategies.
It is not the purpose of this web site to bombard you with technical or nautical jargon.
The purpose is to establish a relationship with you to enable you to have full confidence and ease in your dealings with me.
In my view it is a responsibility of a Surveyor to save clients unnecessary expense and to be able to do this the surveyor must have experience of boats and know about them and importantly have a passion for them. This experience will best enable him to have the practical approach and achieve this aim.
It is not all about books!
However it is crucial your Surveyor is accredited by membership of any one or more of the recognised bodies such as the YDSA or IIMS . It is a prerequisite of such membership that the Surveyor has Professional Indemnity Insurance to a minimum amount. The client must ensure that the Surveyor is adequately covered .
My background is one steeped in sailing boats from dinghies with stick masts and bits of rag to ocean racers.
I have been involved with the building of a number of boats and for myself when about 19 or 20 I built from scratch my glued clinker National 12 racing dinghy. Subsequently I completed from a bare hull a Trapper 28 and then fulfilled my dream of building my own boat from scratch which is a Bruce Farr designed 30 ft cruiser racer.
I still have her.
I do like my fishing however and have a wooden 20ft clinker built fishing boat which I am about to completely restore.
So you can talk to me about most things and somewhere in there I should be able (to solve your problems and deal with your needs.
I have an adjunct to all of this in that I spent 30 years in the legal profession so am able to advise on maritime legal matters although I would rather talk about boats!
That is me!
I am easily contactable through this site or otherwise and am always delighted to hear about your boats.
UK
20 Fulwood Avenue |
France:
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Balearics:
Residencia Ambassador Park |
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Croatia
Dracevice 25 |
Greece
19001 Keratea |
Portugal
Docapesca |
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| Mob: +44 (0)7815508526 E-mail: Bill@tdmarine.co.uk |
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