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Handbook of Marine Surveying

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This book is used as a college text in the US and UK. All facts are supported by primary sources of the highest caliber, such as ABYC, NFPA and peer-reviewed publications. It avoids anecdote in favor of the facts, standards and foundational knowledge required by the professional marine surveyor.

NAMS
"Required reading" for CMS candidates of the National Association of Marine Surveyors.

IIMS
"Recommended reference" for YSC candidates of the International Institute of Marine Surveying.

Midwest Book Review
Recommended techniques are described in detail, and a survey checklist as well as in-depth notes round this solid guide ... literally priceless and an absolute 'must-have'.

Multihull Review
The detail of the book is excellent; the section on non-destructive testing particularly so. The book dedicates nearly 70 pages to Survey techniques and here the budding surveyor is given a really superb aide memoire including a checklist to follow to ensure nothing is missed.

UK Cruising Association
The writing is authoritative and presents the complexity of structural small ship design in understandable and comprehensive language. This book would aid and assist anyone contemplating the commissioning of a survey. A valuable addition to the library.

Soundings
The latest in marine surveying technology is covered in the expanded and updated edition.

Dockwalk
This is a very sound practical textbook which could earn its keep on your bookshelf.

Work Boat World
A highly refined book that looks at every imaginable aspect of the design, construction, equipping, fitout and finishing of ships and boats, it is clear, concise and easy to follow.

Now in an updated second edition, Handbook of Marine Surveying is a guide for both students and professionals of marine surveying. as well as boatyard operators and boat owners with an interest in the field. Illustrated with a handful of black-and-white photographs, Handbook of Marine Surveying covers how to inspect and judge the quality of all aspects of a boat - from discerning signs of fatigue, buckling, or corrosion to the pros and cons of the wood, plastic, or metals in a boat's composition, to overseeing hulls, propellers, engine systems, and mechanical systems, to evaluating safety equipment and much more. Recommended techniques are described in detail, and a survey checklist as well as in-depth notes round this solid guide. Human lives depend upon the marine surveyor's expert determination of a boat's seaworthiness - making Handbook of Marine Surveying literally priceless and an absolute "must-have".

I was given this book to review by the YDSA, being a practising yacht surveyor in Britain. I found it to be a very poor book, written by somebody who, so far as can be seen, is not a marine surveyor but a lecturer in marine ventilation. A colleague who also reviewed the book agreed.

It would be of no help, and could be misleading.

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