About
I grew up hauling traps with an uncle who believed a boat would tell you everything you needed to know if you shut up and listened. I spent a decade rigging and repairing before I ever wrote my first report, which turns out to be the right order to do it in.
My surveys now run across the Northeast coast, from the rocky stretches up north down through the long sandy reaches of the mid-Atlantic. Most jobs are pleasure craft — center consoles, cruisers, coastal sailboats — with a steady rotation of lobster boats, small draggers, and the occasional pilot vessel.
The work I'm proudest of is the survey that kills a deal. Not because I enjoy killing deals — I don't — but because it means a buyer avoided a bad boat and a seller got an honest accounting of what they actually had. That's the job.
Accredited Marine Surveyor in good standing. Annual continuing education maintained.
Corrosion and cathodic protection, fiberglass laminate evaluation, diesel engine observation, marine electrical systems to current industry standards.
Errors and omissions coverage appropriate to the scope of work carried continuously since practice began.
No referral fees paid or received. No brokerage, dealership, yard, or repair-shop ownership. Not a broker. Not a lender. Not a friend of the seller.
"A survey isn't a warranty and it isn't a prophecy. It's a careful look at what the boat is, on the day I looked at it, written down so you can decide."