What Should I Look For In a Survey

Randell Sharpe Surveying

Graduated from the Coast Guard academy in 1979 with a BS degree majoring in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Served as a Coast Guard Officer first as an engineer aboard ship and then for 18 years in the marine safety field. I was stationed at various Coast Guard Marine Safety Offices and in the marine safety policy office at Coast Guard Headquarters. Final duty assignment was as Chief of the investigations department at the Marine Safety Office in San Francisco. Retired as a Lieutenant Commander with 20 years of service as an officer in the Coast Guard.

Since retiring from the Coast Guard in June 1999, working as an independent marine surveyor and consultant to admiralty attorneys and commercial vessel operators. Joined the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS) in 1999. SAMS Accredited Marine Surveyor since 2001. I have testified as an expert witness in many court cases involving marine accidents and injuries. I also work as a liaison between various commercial vessel owners and the Coast Guard.

Past SAMS Pacific Regional Director, from August 2016 to October 2019. Currently the SAMS Vice President of testing.

Whiting Wedlock Marine Surveyors

Rick grew up in the U.K. where he began sailing at the age of seven. He began building and racing small dinghies when a teenager and quickly moved into keel boats and long distance racing. His racing experience includes an Atlantic crossing, Bermuda, the Pacific, the North Sea and English Channel and many trips to the western coast of Mexico and Central America. His cruising and delivery experience includes the Caribbean, South America, Polynesia, the Pacific Northwest, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and the coast of Maine.

Rick held a 100 ton USCG license with sailing endorsement for more than 20 years. He has eight years of experience as a yacht broker. He is experienced in restoration of wooden boats and currently lives aboard his floating home in Sausalito. His education in liberal arts includes a master’s degree in cinema.

Chief Ahi – Atomic Tuna Yachts

Wayne has been around water his whole life and has sailed most of the waters of the world. He started out on his dad’s “huge” 21’ Chris Craft woodie cabin cruiser when he was still in diapers. He cried when his mom made his dad sell the boat to spend more time with the family. Once he had boating on his mind, he spent every chance he could on the lakes and rivers of upstate New York. Once he found the ocean when he went to college in New Hampshire, there was no turning back, buying and sailing boats wherever he went. He eventually ended up in California in a corporate job, but that did not stop him from buying his first cruising sailboat, a brand new Tayana 42’. During the next thirty years, Wayne would work a real job for a few years, then escape and go cruising for a few years.

Wayne has spent the last 20+ years in the marine industry, selling boating equipment to boat builders all over the world and doing international and local boat shows on the east and west coast. He has extensive experience with catamarans and has visited most of the catamaran factories around the world. For the past 5+ years, Wayne has focused his passion on helping other, like-minded boaters find the boat of their dream. With his vast knowledge of boats, and understanding what boaters are looking for, Wayne has been successfully finding the right boats for hundreds of boaters.