"Edgar" wrote in message
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"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.

An individual may build a vessel to Lloyd's standards but it will not be
Lloyd's certified unless it's inpected by Lloyds in the processess of
it's being built. Personally, I would not take the word of a builder. I
would have to see the certificate of compliance or whatever it's called
nowadays before I would trust it is built to Lloyd's standards.

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.

Yes, that's the value of complying with Lloyds specs - getting the
certificate. Going full zoot. . .

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.

It's good if the builder is willing to pay for it and the buyer is
willing to pay for the quality. Probably even save the extra costs over
a ten year period on reduced insurance premiums.

Wilbur Hubbard