Hugo du Plessis HonMIIMS obituary


The death of Hugo Du Plessis has been announced at the age of 94. Expert yacht surveyor and author of a guide to fibreglass boat construction and maintenance, Hugo had been an Honorary member of IIMS for some years.


Highly regarded in the cruising world, Hugo was an experienced sailor. Born in 1923, he and his sister were home educated before he went on to boarding school and then to Southampton University where he studied electronics.


During the 1960s, Hugo and his business partner, Mick Hammick, founded the Ropewalk Boatyard in Lymington, later to become known as Lymington Yacht Haven. He further developed his knowledge of fibreglass and became a marine surveyor of repute. His first edition of Fibreglass Boats was published in 1966.


In 1986, Hugo set out to achieve his lifelong ambition of sailing around the world. However he got no further than the Caribbean, the beauty of which turned his head. He was to remain there living on his 36’’ Westerly Conway, Samharchin, for 15 years. During this time, he continued to write for well-known magazines, including Yachting Monthly, Yachting World and Practical Boat Owner. He also updated his book Fibreglass Boats.


Publishing the fifth edition of Fibreglass Boats in 2010, Hugo continued his passion for writing right up until just a few weeks before his death.


A full and more detailed obituary will be published in the June Report magazine.


Online tutoring


and mentoring The first online mentoring session with students studying for the IIMS Professional Qualification in Marine Surveying took place recently. The idea was simply to connect students currently working on Unit 3 – Stability – online via a live stream with the assessor and tutor of that module, Carey Golesworthy. Several students accepted the chance to take advantage joining from as far afield as Canada, Bali and New Zealand. Although it was envisaged to last perhaps forty five minutes, the group chatted on with questions and discussions for nearly two hours. The event was deemed such a success that IIMS plans to extend the programme with a series of ‘Meet the Tutor’ online sessions over the coming months. Watch for further details.


IIMS launches handy guides in downloadable eBook pdf format


The series of handy guides, launched a couple of years ago in paperback format under the collection heading of ‘What a marine surveyor needs to know about’, stands at seventeen publications currently.


IIMS has now taken the bold move to release the entire series of handy guides additionally as eBooks in downloadable pdf format, available exclusively via the IIMS website. So now the publications are available in paperback and eBook formats.


Delivering the handy guides in this new, downloadable format means that IIMS can offer them at a lower cost, typically discounted by up to 25%, as there are no printing and carriage charges to apply.


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