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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.

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