Edgar wrote:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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As for budget requirements to build a boat to Lloyds
specifications I
believe the article posted above mentioned it might be up to 10%
more for the inspection process alone. Of course, quality materials
and proper scantlings necessarily add more to the cost than some
cheap, fly-by-night outfit

You are not quite correct here. Anybody can build to Lloyds
specifications-they are available for anyone who wishes to follow
them and certainly they will involve some extra cost if you compare
the result with run-of-the-mill yacht builders specifications.
But this does not involve getting Lloyds to inspect the boat either
during or after building. If a builder says he is building to Lloyds
specifications you have to take his word for it.
If you want a gold plated assurance that the boat complies then you
must specify not only that she is built to Lloyds requirements but
also under under Lloyds survey, inspection and test. That is what
is going to cost serious money as the material suppliers will have to
have this requirement passed down to them to ensure the materials
comply. Then the Lloyds surveyor (N.B. not 'inspector'!) will have to
visit the yard at certain defined stages of construction and sign her
off so that work can proceed. Then after sea trials you will get
final approval .
Your chances of getting this done for any mass produced yacht are not
good.

I seem to recall that one of Edward Heath's yachts (Morning Cloud 3
perhaps?) was built to Lloyds 100+A1 standards. She broke up in a storm in
the English Channel whilst on delivery from Kent to The Solent.

Standards? Don't make me laugh!


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