Everything you need to know Thinking of buying a new boat? It could be the second most valuable purchase of your lifetime. Not only are you investing your money, you are also investing your life and that of your passengers and you need to ask yourself “How much is my life, my passengers lives and [...]
Earlier this year marine surveyor Anthony Gates was racing in the Phang Nga Regatta in souther Thailand. This is a destination regatta, so the crew were living aboard their Stealth 13m catamaran. Designer/builder Alan Carwardine insisted weight on board be kept to a minimum, so fresh water was for drinking only. Read the full [...]
Riggers and surveyors often have to go up masts with a stranger in charge of the halyard. Although cruisers would usually avoid this situation, sometimes it is inescapable. As I did when I was yacht rigging full time, marine surveyor Anthony Gates has developed a few tricks. Here is what he does to ensure [...]
Many of the world’s best cruising grounds lack readily accessible potable water. Even if you have a water maker, what if the water your vessel is floating in is unsuitable for desalination? Another problem is unpalatable water caused by contamination in the tanks or plumbing. Phuket-based cruising yachtie and Marine Surveyor, Anthony Gates, sees [...]
Boats are what we do, not what you die for. Getting our on the water is a favourite Aussie past-time and we want to help you make sure that the boat you purchase is suitable for you and what you want to do. Purchasing a boat is a big investment and things can and [...]
Multihull builders, Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot, Catana-Bali and Nautitech fitted the production boats with escape hatches made by Goiot Systems located on the inner edges of the hulls. Goiot has notified the boatbuilders of a recall campaign concerning the escape hatches delivered before September 2018 due to a risk of the hatches detaching from the [...]
The International Institute of Marine Surveying has written an open letter to the worldwide yacht and boat manufacturing industry to stimulate debate on the subject of hidden defects in the sector. It has been also set up an anonymous defect reporting system within its organisation to alert surveyors on any continuing defects noted in [...]
Marine Surveyor Anthony Gates, whose haulout article featured in CH last month, is finding that catamarans attract far more lightning strikes than monohulls. A few weeks ago he dealt with five insurance claims for lightning damage. All five were cats. Discussions with colleagues have failed to determine a definite reason, but Anthony's theory is [...]
Anthony Gates from Andaman Marine Surveyors, provided some links to media reports on some suspicious behaviour on the Thai island named Ko Dua on the charts. It is near the Ko Chong Lat group of islands, North of Ko Yao Noi in Phang Nga Bay. Bomb making equipment has been found on the island in [...]
As part of a safety awareness initiative, AMS will now be monitoring CO levels during sea trials. Find out more
