Our Surveyor

Find what you love to do .…. and then do it forever.  Ben Brown

I guess you could say that I have been preparing to become a marine surveyor for my entire life. In my late teens, I graduated with a 3-year degree in automotive technologies from a technical college in Germany, then I spent decades in the automobile industry and later owned a custom motorcycle dealership. If I was not at my job, I was never far from the water, either working on or playing with one of my many project boats, which is where I got the kind of education you can’t buy. Although I am proud of my SAMS Accreditation, ABYC Certifications, and Chapman School training, nothing could ever replace all those years (and busted knuckles) of working on my boats.

• Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS®) Accredited Marine Surveyor #1389.
• American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) Member.
• International Association of Marine Investigators (IAMI) Member.
• ABYC Certified Master Advisor.
• ABYC Certified Technician – Standards.
• ABYC Certified Electrical Advisor.
• ABYC Certified Marine Systems Advisor.
• ITC Certified Level I Infrared Thermographer (ITC).
• USPAP Compliant Personal Property Appraiser (ASA).
• Graduate of Chapman’s School of Seamanship for Yacht & Small Craft Surveying (CHAPMAN).
• Graduate of Chapman’s School for Damage & Claims Fundamentals and Advanced.
• Several years of working on a 100-ton fishing vessel.
• 3-year degree in Automotive Technologies in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
• Owner of a custom V-twin motorcycle dealership for over ten years.
• S.C. State Notary.