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Michael Carter
Michael Carter is an Affiliate member of the Yacht Designers &
Surveyors Association (YDSA) which is the surveyors entry grade, and
has served on the YDSA national committee since 2003. In 2004
Michael was awarded the title of ‘Surveyor of the Year’ and
presented with the ‘Leslie Oliver trophy’.
Michael was born into a family that lived on a Royalty Class
historic Narrowboat in the 1960's. As he grew older his family moved
into a canal side cottage but throughout childhood his daily life
remained centred around boats and the water resulting in a way of
life and passion for boats becoming a professional career. At first
this was with the restoration of various historic craft and the
maintenance of leisure craft which was then followed by achieving a
university honours degree and diploma as a mature student in the
late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
In the 1980's Michael set up what became a well respected and
successful boat repair and maintenance business in the North West of
England which also included the operation of the Dry-docks at
Worsley, near Manchester, which are thought to be the oldest inland
drydocks in the country.
By the mid to late 1990’s the increased demands for formal
assessments on the condition of vessels for maintenance scheduling
and insurance considerations, combined with the existing engine
failure analysis consultancy led to a shift away from the management
of a small team of repairers to full time surveying and consultancy.
In addition to the traditional roles of surveying and consultancy
Michael is often called upon to provide training on some of the
technical aspects of the work he carries out and he is a qualified
teaching instructor for the Royal Yachting Association (RYA).
In addition to working with boats Michael has an interest in several
narrow boats and barges jointly owned and operated by his direct
family.
Dr Roger Lorenz
Roger is a Fellow Surveyor Member of YDSA, having been a member of
the Association for nearly thirty years. During that period he has
served on the YDSA national committee and was the Association's
representative on the Boat Safety Scheme Advisory and Technical
Committees and also on various committees involved with LPG
Standards and safety, commercial barge standards and manning, and
Class V passenger vessel standards.
Roger has owned a large number of inland waterway craft since 1967
and still retains two barges for pleasure usage in the UK and
Europe. Since 1974 he has been involved with the operation of small
boatyards at Leigh, Lancs. and subsequently at Barton near Eccles.
The yards specialised in the repair and restoration of historic
craft and the construction of new steel craft as well as the routine
maintenance of the craft used to maintain the Bridgewater canal. His
major interest is in 'sensitive' restoration and refurbishment of
vintage craft whose methods of construction can and do cause
problems in a modern context. The historical significance of such
craft can very easily be totally lost when well meaning repairers
apply 'modern' techniques.
His earlier qualifications were in Industrial Metallurgy and this
was followed by a period of lecturing in engineering and material
science. in a design context - both at degree level. He entered the
field of marine surveying at the behest of the insurance industry
who, initially, commissioned numerous material defect analyses on
failed gear and hulls. The materials involved included all of those
regularly encountered in a marine context [with the exception of
fero concrete].
A life long interest in education and training had manifested itself
in the setting up of the formal YDSA training and examination system
for surveyors, training courses on timber craft construction and
surveying for Dept. of Transport ( now MCA ) surveyors and several
appearances as a lecturer at YDSA and IWA conferences. |
