Carey Golesworthy has been a stalwart and long standing member of the IIMS education committee that oversees the development and delivery of the Institute’s Professional Qualifications programme. A qualified Naval Architect, Carey has authored several of the modules and is a marker and assessor too. He can often be found popping up online via Zoom to welcome new students to the programme and to share his passion and wisdom about ships and boats. Here, in an exclusive interview with Mike Schwarz, Carey talks about his life in the marine world going back decades and his hopes for aspiring new marine surveyors entering into the surveying profession.