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QBC Marine Surveys Northport, New York, USA Serving Long Island & The US North East David McClay, SAMSŪ AMSŪ Principal Marine Surveyor |
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Marine Survey Experience: Self-employed as a surveyor since 1995, with part time survey work beginning in 1980. Accredited Marine SurveyorŪ with SAMSŪ since 1995. The majority of his work is pre-purchase surveys, on power and sailboats up to 80'. He also does insurance and insurance claims work. Previous to this he was self employed as a boat carpenter, which involved design, estimating, repair, and construction. From 1980 to 2004 he was a yacht measurer for US Sailing, and measured boats under the IOR and IMS rules. |
| Education (Ongoing): | |
| 1970 | B.A. Dartmouth College, majors in math and psychology |
| 1975-1980 | Westlawn School of Yacht Design |
| 2/93 | Legnos fiberglass theory and repair estimation |
| 2/94 | Derecktor's aluminum boatbuilding seminar |
| 10/94 | Polaroid school of law enforcement imaging |
| 3/97 | Carbon fiber spar construction seminar |
| 3/98 | Galvanic corrosion seminar - Atlantic City |
| 11/98 | SAMS annual meeting and seminars in Salem Massachusetts |
| 2/99 | Westlawn school electrical course |
| 3/00 | Doyle Sails seminar and Hale propeller seminar |
| 1/01 | Viking and Ocean Yacht seminar |
| 4/01 | Diesel Engine survey seminar at Engine Technical Institute |
| 4/02 | Fire investigation and legal issues in surveying seminar |
| 1/03 | Expert witness and insurance claims seminar |
| 1/03 | Knox Marine claims conference |
| 10/03 | SAMS annual meeting and seminars in Norfolk, Virginia |
| 4/04 | Oil analysis and protection and indemnity seminar |
| 12/04 | Sea Ray balsa core research presentation |
| 12/05 | Composite construction and repair seminar in Hingham, Massachusetts |
| 3/06 | First Marine Insurance outdrive damage seminar in Mystic, Connecticut |
| 10/06 | SAMS annual meeting in Portland, Maine |
| 11/06 | Electrical survey seminar in Mt. Sinai, New York |
| 2/07 | ABYC standards course in St. Michaels, Maryland |
| 1/08 | SAMS report writing seminar in Mystic Connecticut |
| 11/10 | SAMS regional meeting in Mystic, Connecticut. Cored composite construction; propeller design and issues |
| 3/11 | FLIR infrared camera technology demonstration in Plainview, New York |
| 6/11 | American Society of Appraisers USPAP course at Pratt Institute, New York, New York |
| 12/11 | Corrosion Seminar in Mat. Sinai, New York |
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