JONES MARINE SURVEYS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Merchant Navy As a Radio and Electronics Officer

Iain Jones trades as Jones Marine Surveys (JMS) Iain believes he was born with water and boats in his blood, crewing in the family dinghy whilst at junior school and taking the helm of dinghies and racing whilst at senior school. Inland waterways holidays were taken on hire boats on the River Thames and canals during the mid-late 1970's. Following training at Bristol (1974-1977), Iain joined the Merchant Navy as a Radio and Electronics Officer, initially employed by Marconi Marine on British flag ships, then joining United Arab Shipping based in Kuwait and sailing worldwide. It was a great career, but with the development of satellite communication and redundancy just a few short years away - by the mid 1980's it was time to look for employment ashore. In the early 1980's he purchased his first second-hand 30' narrowboat (best described as "a project"!). The build of the third boat, a very traditional tug-style 57' narrowboat shell, was scheduled for late January 1990. Twenty-eight years on, Iain still owns the narrowboat, Crane. In 1995 Iain decided it was time to get back into the marine industry and joined Jannel Cruisers, Burton-on-Trent, undertaking all aspects of boatbuilding, maintenance and repair. July 1996 saw him qualify as one of the first British Waterways Boat Safety Scheme Examiners. "...he was born with water and boats in his blood." As a member of the Association of Boat Safety Scheme Examiners (ABSE) Executive Committee and also the ABSE representative on BSS Technical Committee for over six years, he keeps up to speed with changes and future developments.