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New handy guide published by IIMS: What a marine surveyor
needs to know about yacht spars The Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the 'What a marine surveyor needs to know about yacht spars' handy guide, authored by rig and mast expert Nick Parkyn. This brings the collection of handy guides to thirty since they were launched nearly a decade ago.
About the handy guide
A spar is a pole of wood, metal, or lightweight materials, such as carbon fibre, used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail. These include yards, booms, and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole.
Traditionally yacht masts and spars were hollow or solid and built from wood, but they have significantly evolved in recent years:
• First revolution in mast and spar manufacturing occurred around 1930 when for the first-time aluminium masts, instead of the traditional wooden masts, were used on the large J-class boats competing for the America’s Cup.
• Wooden masts and spars were “re-invented” using wood/epoxy in the late 1960s.
• Second revolution in mast manufacturing occurred around 1990 when the first carbon-fibre mast sand spars appeared on racing yachts.
Author Nicholas Parkyn puts his considerable experience in marine surveying and his specialist knowledge about rigs and masts to good use in this handy guide as he considers the latest yacht spar technology and the challenges spars present for marine surveyors. He has an extensive background in the information technology arena and is keeping a keen eye on the future developments surrounding AI (artificial intelligence).
The ‘What a marine surveyor needs to know about yacht spars’ handy guide is available in paperback at £35 plus post and packaging or in eReader pdf format at £32. For more details and to purchase a copy go to
https://bit.ly/3xtUqQj.
David Parsons and Erin Kelsey Another new face at IIMS HQ
Remember how we said in our last magazine the recruitment process was now complete? Well, we spoke too soon as IIMS has welcomed a new team member. Erin Kelsey has joined us as our Certifying Authority Support Administrator.
This is a new position, which was created to support David Parsons. Due to strong growth in the CA department, led by prolific growth in tonnage processing, we realised David needed more support in this area. In time Erin will start to learn the coding documentation and process so she can understudy David. In related news, David is now our Certifying Authority Operations Executive.
Erin comes to the organisation with a great deal of experience in business administration working for online retailers.
When not at work Erin is a keen traveller both domestically and abroad with her boyfriend. She is also very creative and enjoys knitting and crochet.
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