After a few weeks of working on Unwritten Timeline and getting her ready to start sailing around the world it was time for me to go back to school. I started back at Chapman’s for the Yacht and Small Craft Surveyor Course. Their program prepares students to enter the field of marine surveying. Students will be able to develop vessel appraisals and present condition and value of vessels. They cover many aspects of surveying in areas of hull design, construction methods, electronics, and systems aboard most vessels today. They train you for the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) Standards test and entry into the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS). After 6 weeks I was ABYC certified and completed the paperwork for entry into SAMS. I am currently not a SAMS member since my plan is to sail around the world and I don’t really have a “surveying business” per se. I am available for surveys while sailing if you do happen to be in the same anchorage as Unwritten Timeline. Who knows, maybe it’s something I’ll start for my second career in a few years time. I do already have a website, so that’s 90% of a business in today’s world.
Stay tuned. Next time Lisa and I go home for a quick last trip, and then we pick up some good friends for crossing the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas.
Check out www.distinguishedmarineservices.com for my surveyor/USCG Captain website.
Stay tuned. Next time Lisa and I go home for a quick last trip, and then we pick up some good friends for crossing the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas.
Check out www.distinguishedmarineservices.com for my surveyor/USCG Captain website.
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