that designers take to construction and scantlings.
Marine surveying and IIMS are extremely fortunate to have access to the wisdom of the great practitioners like Ian Nicolson, Jeffrey Casciani-Wood, and others, so read all that they have written. The IIMS Handy Guides are another focused source of information.
The new builds upon the old and it is important to understand both classic and modern craft.
“The only gift to yourself is your ability to seek knowledge.” - Lailah Gifty Akita
relevance of the IIMS by providing new options for marine surveyors to develop professionally. Professional development can and must be fuelled by our natural curiosity and interest to learn. How you progress in your career is your own responsibility, and you take control of that through professional development. With the exponential rate of technological change, you never have enough knowledge, you must continuously increase your knowledge through formal learning (professional education) and informal learning (your own reading and research).
“Change is good. And in fact, unavoidable”
- Dirk Benedict
QUESTION 7 Advice passed down from someone with knowledge is always valuable. What couple of nuggets of wisdom would you cherry pick to pass on to an up and coming younger surveyor who is new to the profession?
While the primary role of a Marine Surveyor is to factually report what they see, the ability to report what they see is based on their understanding of what they see, which in turn is based on what they know about the many facets of marine craft (scantlings, materials, construction techniques, mechanics, and mechatronics).
Be realistic about what you do know and do not know about your discipline, be curious and continuously learn more. There is always more to learn, seek out knowledge and have an inquiring mind - develop a passion for learning.
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There are several quotes from Albert Einstein which have great applicability to a marine surveyor who is new to the profession:
1. “The value of achievement lies in the achieving.”
2. “I believe in intuition and inspiration. At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.”
3. “The only source of knowledge is experience”.
4. “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”.
With the Internet, there is no proof and trust. Do not blindly believe what you read on the internet, base the value on the credentials of the author.
If you do not already have a background in boatbuilding or marine design, the barrier to entry is high as you require a lot of knowledge just to get started. This knowledge can be gained from books on boatbuilding, published plans or study plans of different types of boats. These can be studied to understand the approaches
QUESTION 8 Can you recall an interesting event that happened whilst on survey and, if so, what was it?
Traditional swing moorings were being replaced by eco-moorings as seagrass beds are extremely vulnerable when traditional moorings are used by boat-owners. Chains on, traditional mooring drag along the seabed and destroy the seagrass. Eco- moorings prevent this as no parts of the system drags on the seabed.
Failure occurred to the upper stem area of a wooden craft attached to a mooring recently upgraded to an eco-mooring. From the survey it was clear that there had been no prior damage or deterioration to the stem area and the craft had been moored on the previous mooring equipment for several years.
After research it transpired that the force dampening behaviour and the angle of load is quite different with eco-moorings. This contributed to the failure of the upper stem area.
“When technology changes so can the physics!”
- Nick Parkyn
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