Welcome to Caribbean Marine Surveyors Ltd
located in the beautiful British Virgin Islands
Jon Clayton Surveyor Associate

Jon was born in 1964 in Birmingham Alabama and is a US Citizen. He has been sailing / boating since the age of 4. He has worked on various Offshore Supply Ships in Brazil , worked for a Yacht Maintenance company in Jacksonville, worked as a Seaman on board the USCGC Eagle, ending up with the USCG as Command Controller, New Orleans in 1996. In 1998 Jon took over as Base Manager for a 30+ bareboat fleet based in the BVI and then moved on to Captain a 65’ sloop in the Caribbean and USA. Jon also has extensive experience with the salvage industry and has carried out many successful  salvage jobs assisting Shanty Maritime, the local BVI Salvage Company. He is a certified diver and has completed more than 40,000 miles sailing offshore

Jon is a Surveyor Associate with SAMS and has worked as a surveyor for Caribbean Marine Surveyors since 2005 This page was made by WJB who accepts responsibilities for errors hoping that Jon will get off the boat and onto his web page
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Tel (1)284 494 2091  Fax (1) 284 494 2092  email jon@caribsurveyors.com
Box 281 Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
EMPLOYMENT
2005 to date    Part time Staff surveyor with Caribbean Marine Surveyors Ltd, carrying out a variety of Condition and Evaluation surveys of yachts and small craft, stability tests and phase out surveys.

1999 to date    Captain / Manager of a 65' private sailing yacht based in the Caribbean and USA. Responsible for all aspects of running and managing the vessel.

1998 to 1999 Base manager of a 30+ charter fleet in the BVI with a staff of 12 and a budget of US$1M.

1996 to 1998 Owner of Clayton -McMurdy Waste Managers Slidell.LA

1992 to 1996 Command Center Controller Eghth USCG District

1989 to 1992 Quartermaster / Navigator USCGC Mallet, third in Command

1988 to 1989 Junior Quartermaster USCGC Salvia

1986 to 1988 Seaman USGCC Eagle

1983 to 1986 Yacht maintenance in boatyards and marinas in Jacksonville Fl

1982 to 1983 Deckhand on Offshore Supply Ships Brazil