Who is Capt. F.K. Lanier?

 

Captain Frank Lanier is a 20 year Coast Guard veteran and Accredited Marine Surveyor with over 22 years of experience in the marine and diving industry.  He holds a 100GT masters license, is an FCC licensed electronics technician, and a PADI Master SCUBA Diver Trainer. He's captained and maintained vessels ranging from dive boats to passenger ferries in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and South Pacific and has over 12 years of liveaboard experience aboard both power and sailing vessels.  

He's also an avid writer, public speaker, and multiple award winning journalist whose articles on seamanship, marine electronics, vessel maintenance, and consumer reports appear regularly in numerous marine publications, such as Practical Sailor Magazine, Powerboat Reports, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Latitudes and Attitudes, Offshore Magazine, Southern Boating, and the BoatUS Technical Exchange.

Membership organizations include The Society Of Accredited Marine Surveyors, AMS (Accredited Marine Surveyor) and the American Boat and Yacht Council.

 


Capt. F.K. Lanier - Ultrasonic Testing a Steel Hull


Capt. F.K. Lanier - Inspecting the hull of the former presidential yacht, SEQUOIA 
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Surveying the National Oceanic & Atmospheric hydrographic ship RUDE
Captain Frank Lanier - Out and about in Guam

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