Surveyors Roundtable: PBRadio's 100th Show

For our 100^th show, we welcome back our Surveyors Roundtable: Pat Kearns, Jonathan Klopman, and Steve Knox. For almost two years, they have responded to listener questions about marine surveying on the first Tuesday of the month. For this show, we’ll review some of those questions and topics, which range from “What do I have to do to become a marine surveyor?” to “How do I make a good impression when I'm called to testify?”

We’ve also covered how to write marine survey reports, and what resources and tools to use to give those reports the professional finish that your clients want. More than once, we’ve focused on professionalism and ethic, a topic that is sometimes glossed over in the push to speed up report generation and moving on to the next job.

Past shows also gave you some details on pre-purchase work, valuation surveys and how they differ from damage claims. We looked at severe damage in our show on catastrophes, and we discussed the details of surveying an older vessels in our episode on Classic Boats.

At IBEX 2011, our Roundtable regulars will make a presentation on the hazards of marine surveying, following up on a radio show from a year ago. And in October, they talked to Dean Pike about Boat Moving and Lifting, a topic that ProBoat E-Training is developing as a hybrid course for boatyard personnel.

And of course we’ve discussed technical topics including loose keels, coatings, corrosion, and more.

We encourage you to submit your questions for our surveyors by sending an email to radio@proboat.com. (If you want to ask it on the air, be sure to include your name and phone number.) You can also ask question during the show in our chat room. We look forward to hearing from you.