Follow USCG, ABYC, ABS and NFPA safety
guidelines in preparing the inspection report and while performing the
survey.
Recommend professionals/specialists on
areas I am not qualified to inspect.
Recommend hiring mechanics, rigging
inspectors or salvage contractors on individualized case by case
instances. Recommend the client hire these inspectors, repair persons,
aid where possible and avoid conflict of interest at all times.
Owners and masters should be present
during all inspections if at all possible.
On all recommended standards, writing
will adhere to USCG, ABYC, NFPA and ABS standards.
Will never increase/decrease values at
the request of anyone.
Will never give confidential written or
oral reports to anyone other than my customer. A survey is a
confidential report at all times.
Will make certain that customer
understands reports, defects, deficiencies, noted and why.
Will report only that which I have
seen. Will never skip areas of the boat on assumption that all is well.
Will be available to my customers for
review of the survey or vessel notes or on a professional basis for a
specified time after the survey is completed.