A group of nearly 30 of us (small craft surveyors -the majority members of 
IIMS) met at Portchester Sailing Club on Monday 23 March for the first 
Small Craft Working Group training day of the year.
The agenda for this event looked rather different to previous ones 
and this was perhaps reflected by the numbers who turned up, in what was
 the largest such gathering for some considerable time.
The aim of the day was to mix some presentations about business 
management skills with more specific surveyor training and, judging from
 the feedback received at the end of the day, the format worked for the 
vast majority of delegates.
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| Nearly 30 of us were joined by IIMS head office staff at the 
SCWG training day, which was held at Portchester Sailing Club.  | 
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| It felt like my old Navy Days! A giant US aircraft carrier was anchored off Stokes Bay, Gosport on a five-day visit to the UK. Portmouth has changed so much, and is now very cosmopolitan.  |