news about the IIMS and its activities.


Yannis presented on mini ISM (International Safety Management) schemes for large yachts, explaining how it works and what is required. He followed up with some information on classification and flag surveys.


Expert insurance broker, Paul Winter, whose company Winter & Co insures a number of members for Professional Indemnity gave two presentations either side of lunch. The main theme was obtaining PI insurance and reducing the risk of claims. Jon Sharland from Tritex NDT, manufacturers and distributors of ultrasonic gauges, joined the meeting by video conferencing and presented information about how the gauges work and what they do, including a session on GRP thickness gauges.


John Excell presented a refresher on report writing, the surveyor’s intellectual property and gave some useful tips and reminders on how to make sure this most of vital of documents is well presented with relevant content.


It fell to Mike Schwarz to close the day with three whistle stop presentations on business management skills, including cashflow management, how to give good customer service and simple marketing tips.


Day two in Athens dawned with snowy, slippery pavements and a concern over whether or not it would be possible to conduct the practical training planned for later in the day. But a bright sun melted the worst of the snow. John Excell talked at length about


tonnage measurements, the theory behind how to do them and how to complete the IIMS tonnage form. He followed this presentation with a short one on the IIMS Certifying Authority and the work that is undertaken by coding surveyors.


After lunch the group headed for a local marina and spent a couple of hours engaged in performing tonnage measurements on two yachts and one motorboat, putting into practice all they had learnt from the morning session.


Feedback from those who attended has been very positive and the group looks forward to the next event.


IIMS ORGANISES RCD - RECREATIONAL CRAFT DIRECTIVE TRAINING AS NEW LEGISLATION COMES INTO FORCE


More than 30 IIMS members met at two locations in early February for a day’s presentation and training on the new RCD regulations, which came into force on 18 January 2017.


Directive 94/25/ EC on recreational craft, as amended by Directive 2003/44/ EC, is a European Union directive which sets out minimum technical, safety and environmental standards for the trade of boats, personal watercraft, marine engines and components in Europe. It covers boats between 2.5 and 24m, personal watercraft, engines and a number of components. It ensures their suitability


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for sale and use in Europe. The directive has some complexity to it and surveyors need to be aware of the implications resulting from the new directive.


The Recreational Craft Directive applies to new and second hand recreational craft from 2.5m to 24m in length, personal watercraft, marine propulsion engines and components placed on the market for the first time after 1998. Products excluded from the scope of the Directive include: canoes, kayaks, gondolas, pedalos, sailing surfboards, surfboards, racing boats, historical craft, craft built for own use provided that they are not subsequently placed on the market


during a period of five years, commercial vessels carrying passengers (covered by separate legislation), submersibles, air cushion vehicles, hydrofoils, and external combustion steam powered craft.


IIMS invited Ross Wombwell, Technical Manager of British Marine, to deliver the two sessions on consecutive days at Portsmouth in south UK and Bromsgrove in the midlands. Ross has been working closely with the RCD regulations for a considerable time and brought his extensive knowledge and experience of the legislation to both sessions. Both days were voted a success and those who attended said they were hugely beneficial.


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