Machpoint005

That, and the non-metal prodder. Also, the "press power button to reset" thing can take what seems an age (over 30 seconds), as I found put recently on my laptop (which by the way has a USB C socket for external power).

Probably immaterial, Arthur. The insurance company might take a hit on one policy, but they would not give the surveyor any more work ... and insurance companies talk to each other. The result would be that no insurer would accept any of that surveyor's reports, thereby effectively eliminating his business and protecting the shareholders of all insurance companies. As somebody has already implied, insurers are much, much bigger than one insignificant boat owner.

What effect do these strange methods have on the skins? I do like a nice leathery jacket, which is what you get when you bake a spud properly ... in an Aga.