T&T: ABYC Standards - ABS & Lloyds and insurance

[Arild Jensen]

> -----Original Message-----
> ABS, Lloyds Register, BV, et al are organizations for classification of
> vessel construction for insurance purposes, and even small boats may be
> classified. A boat "built to class" will have periodic > inspections
> while under construction to assure quality and compliance with standards.



REPLY

A slight caution is in order here.
A recreational boat builder may claim the boat is designed to ABYC spec.
The builder may also claim the boat is built to ABYC spec.
However unless the boat is "INSPECTED" and certified as being compliant to
ABYC specifications,
there is no guarantee some short cuts or omissions do not exist.

Being "designed to" only means the products and equipment selected are
listed as ABYC approved.
Being "built to " means that as much as possible the workmanship follows
ABYC  standards.
However, unless it is inspected and certified, there is no proof that all
equipment and all workmanship is fully compliant to ABYC standards. Remember
ABYC is a voluntary  standard.

Lloyds ABS etc, are different and much more difficult (read expensive) to
meet.
In our design office we used the rule of thumb that Lloyds was 20% more
expensive to meet than  ABS.
No figures available for cost comparison  with ABYC.
But  my educated guesstimate is Lloyds would be 50% more expensive than
ABYC.

Cheers
Arild