Bill Bailey, Caribbean Marine SurveyorsEstablished in 1999, Caribbean Marine Surveyors specializes in the survey of sailing motor yachts and catamarans throughout the Caribbean.
Based at Nanny Cay, the company provides a range of services including condition and valuation assessments for buyers and insurance companies; stability testing to determine the passenger carrying capacity of vessels and damage claims for insurance companies.
In its 14-years of operation, Caribbean Marine Surveyors has established a good reputation and is also certified to conduct inspections for registrations in Australia, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Norway, St. Vincent, the United Kingdom and the BVI. The company also undertakes small commercial vessel inspections for the British Government and has on occasion conducted hurricane preparedness inspections for insurance companies, advising them of risks.
Owner Bill Bailey said, “In undertaking inspections, we look for anything that would cause a boat to sink, catch fire or dismast. Our focus is safety related, we look closely at things owners tend to look at on the surface.” Retrieving piece of metal used to secure the mast and pointing to visible cracks, Bailey explained, “people tend to think that stainless steel lasts forever, it does not, especially in salt water. ”
Bailey believes his company is a great fit for Nanny Cay. “Nanny Cay is a good marina, a nice work environment. We complement each other really. When boats get hauled out of the water, owners might discover a problem and ask us to conduct an inspection and some boat owners come here because they want us to work on their boat.”
Bailey and his employees, Benson Baker and Nicole McLoughlin are qualified surveyors with about 35 years of marine surveying experience among them. They are accredited to the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors; the International Institute of Marine Surveyors and MECAL, a UK based certifying authority.
Though based in the BVI, the team travels extensively through the Caribbean to undertake inspections. One surveyor is currently in Jamaica and another will be heading off to St. Maarten on another job. Recovering a stolen boat has also taken them as far as Brazil.
Differentiating itself from the competition, Caribbean Marine Surveyors is equipped to undertake audio gauging, which uses ultrasound equipment to measure the thickness of steel and also conducts moisture meter tests for osmosis.
Though not required to carry insurance, all the surveyors at Caribbean Marine Surveyors have insured liability of up to $6.4 million.
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