IIMS CANADA ONE DAY SMALL CRAFT SEMINAR
Ian Hopkinson reports from Vancouver following the inaugural IIMS Canada branch one day training workshop in December 2016.
Our recent seminar was in three principle parts. After being introduced by our Regional Director Andrew Korek, I started the programme.
I was surprised on looking back on my records, to learn that I had been surveying for 49 years. When I started all reports were on legal sized paper. Today that is not a good idea as people often want to receive a report by email and it is difficult to scan that size. Nevertheless I went through each of the pages of a typical small craft report issued by my office. At the end of describing the content of each page I opened the discussion up to all present as there was a lot of expertise sitting around the table. This made for a very informative discussion which was of benefit to all. I had started the discussion by advising of the need for a surveyor to know precisely what was required of the survey, be it purchase, insurance, valuation for a bank or perhaps valuation for a divorce. Inevitably when looking back over 49 years, a number of ‘sea stories’ were told and these livened up the tone of the discussions.
The second speaker was David McEwen Q.C. who I have known for many years. David practices admiralty law and is highly regarded in that subject. David spoke of the absolute need for surveyors to have E.& O. insurance if they deal with small craft and particularly when doing purchase surveys where their exposure is greatest. David cited a number of cases he had been involved with which involved surveyors who had come croppers at one time or another. David’s main aim was to scare the hell out of the assembly, and he succeeded! One item of particular interest coming out of David’s presentation was his opinion on the meaning of the term ‘Without Prejudice’, a term common in surveying parlance.
The third speaker was John King, an insurance broker specialising in E.& O. insurance in the marine community. I have known John also for many years and in fact his father George was one of my mentors when I started surveying so many years ago. John rode into the seminar as a knight astride a white horse and offered much needed relief to those who had become distressed by the comments of the previous speaker. I am sure he was able to sell policies to a number of those present, certainly there was a lot of interest in what he had to say.
After a lunch break I took the floor again and showed everybody the contents of my small craft survey tool bag. This generated a lot of discussion which of course became a perfect excuse to tell a few more ‘sea stories’.
There is absolutely no business like show business!
The seminar concluded around 14.30 hours. There were a number of complements and I would say it was a success. We are hoping that it was the first of many such seminars to be held in the future.
IIMS LARGE YACHT & SMALL CRAFT ATHENS TRAINING EVENT REPORT
A group of nearly 20 surveyors met in Athens on 9/10 January for the first IIMS Large Yacht & Small Craft training event of the New Year since the formation of the expanded group. Despite unusually cold, at times sub-zero temperatures coupled with some unwelcome snow, the group braved the elements on the second day taking to a local marina to practice the art of tonnage measuring.
The training day was hosted by Yannis Stratis and IIMS is most grateful to him and his colleagues for their support and hospitality. The venue was the well-appointed Lloyd’s Register offices opposite Piraeus port.
The first day was entirely classroom based training with a couple of IIMS members joining the training event by Zoom video conferencing. After opening speeches and introductions from John Excell, IIMS Chairman of Large Yacht & Small Craft, and Yannis, Mike Schwarz presented the very latest
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