If you would like to reserve and purchase a copy of this book, please email Holly Trinder at info@iims.org.uk and we will email you an invoice or call her on +44 23 9238 5223. On receipt of your payment we will despatch this handsome book.


MARINE SURVEYING FOR NEW MOTOR YACHTS BY CAPT MARK SOUTER


IIMS has nearly 30 copies of this beautifully produced large format hardback book written by Mark Souter which weighs in at almost 2 kilos! Running to 370 pages, the book was originally sold for over £100 when first published, but IIMS is pleased to offer members the publication at just £39.50 including post and packaging to any worldwide location.


John Kilhams reviewed the book when it was first published. He said, “This is an interesting book and approaches the subject of marine surveying from a new angle. Marine surveyors are generally surveying used or second-hand boats. But it is my opinion that this book would be of great assistance to a client intending to instruct on the construction of a new build vessel. There is information on the responsibilities of all parties with details on check lists and contracts. The book would be extremely useful in the training of surveyors as it covers almost all the issues a surveyor is likely to become involved in. There have been many books written on marine surveying, but this is different and would be an asset in any surveyor’s library”.


About the author Capt Mark Souter MIIMS was born in Australia where he qualified as an A grade electrician. He came to the UK and bought his first yacht ‘Gipsy Moth’, previously owned by Sir Francis Chichester. Since then Mark has qualified as a Master of Yachts (MCA) at Warsash Maritime Centre. He received a diploma in marine surveying with accreditation in superyachts and also gained a certificate in Naval Architecture.


For over 30 years Mark has worked as a professional Captain aboard superyachts. In between his Captain’s duties he has project managed and surveyed new build yachts in the USA, Italy and Greece.


PRINT OF ‘LIVELY LADY’ DONATED TO THE INSTITUTE


Elly Bryant, a long-standing member of the IIMS team working in the finance department, was handed a print of Lively Lady by her parents following a house clear out and they decided to donate it to IIMS. The picture is now hanging in pride of place on the stairway up to the office and we are grateful to Elly and her family for this kind donation.


‘Lively Lady’ was painted by Laurence Bagley (1922 – 1983), an artist born locally in Southampton, United Kingdom. He was best known for his marine and aviation paintings, but he was also a writer and illustrator. This print proved to be his most financially successful work during his career.


Throughout the 1970’s Laurence painted dozens of impressions of Vosper Thornycroft warships, hovercraft and weapon systems which were widely reproduced in the company’s sales literature.


It is said that he had been a keen yachtsman, sailing mainly with an old friend who owned an 8-ton McGruer sloop. He spent many a sailing weekend away, sometimes crossing the channel to Cherbourg. Rumour has it though, that he was not an ideal crew as he was always grabbing for his sketchbook! Eventually Laurence bought his own yacht, a 6-ton Hillyard “Fjord” which he kept on the River Hamble.


32 | The Report • September 2020 • Issue 93


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