Proper rigging maintenance is essential for your sailboat's safety and performance. Regular inspections help identify potential issues before they lead to failure, damage, or injury. The busy spring launch season presents a good opportunity to check areas that are...
Pleasure Craft
Ventilation Systems in Engine Spaces: Safety Risks and Maintenance
Proper ventilation of engine spaces on boats is an often-misunderstood topic and can cause some grief for boat owners when it’s time for a survey. The reasons for having powered ventilation of an engine space are many, but they vary depending on the type of engine...
Choosing a Marine Surveyor
It seems like everyone has their “guy”, usually a marine surveyor they either know personally or have been referred to by another boater (or someone in the marine or insurance industries). Marine surveyors are often hired based on this type of referral, rather than on...
Regulations & Construction Standards
Recommendations on a marine survey are often a source of inconvenience to boat owners, and because of this, survey recommendations often come under close scrutiny. Why, after years of trouble-free boat ownership, is it all of sudden imperative to repair these items,...
The Importance of a Sea Trial
I am frequently asked if I think it’s important that a marine surveyor attend a Sea Trial when one of our clients is buying a used boat. In very simple terms, not including your marine surveyor on a Sea Trial is a failure to complete the full marine survey.
Why do I need a Marine Survey?
Click here to view the blog post pdf By Tim Martin Marine Surveys Canada Whether you are an experienced boater or are purchasing your first boat, you are likely to end up requiring a marine survey at some point. By simple definition, a marine survey is a boat...
Wire Nuts on Boats
There you are just finishing up installing that new stereo or fish finder on your boat and all you need to do is join those last couple of wires and then time to hit the water with your newly installed electronics but AHH you look around and there are no more butt...