GardGuidancetoMasters
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TheactualbirthplaceofthisneweditionoftheGardGuidancetoMasterswastheCharlesdeGaulle
airportinParis,uponmyreturnfromthefirstmeetingofPIClubCorrespondentsinMay1996.Ittook,
however,sometimebeforethekeelwaslaid.DuringthecourseofconstructionoftheGardGuidanceto
MastersthereareseveralpersonsatGardtowhomthewriterowesgreatthanksanddeepappreciation.
FirstandforemostistheeditorialcommitteeoftheGardGuidancetoMasters:GunnarTopland,Ole
EngeandMarkRussell.
GunnarToplandistobethankedhisfar-reachingexperienceofPIclaims,varioustypesofcasualties
andhisexperienceandwealthofknowledgefromhiscontactswithcorrespondentsallovertheworld
contributedtremendouslytotheinitialideaandthesubsequentcompilationoftheGardGuidanceto
Masters.
OleEngecontributedtoaverygreatextentwithexperiencefromhisseafaringcareerandtheCollision
andFFOclaimsdepartment.Hisvaluablecommentswereofconsiderableassistanceinthestructuring
ofthisguidanceandhisexperienceaidedthepragmaticapproachthroughoutthedraftperiod.
MarkRussellfromGard’sLondonofficecontributedwithmorerecentseafaringexperienceandtookthe
burdenofreviewingtheexistingdrafts,makingimportantandvaluablesuggestionsastothestructure
andthusmakingtheguidanceamorelogicalread.
AliceJacksonputtheguidanceintogrammaticallycorrectEnglish,ataskthatfewwouldenvyher.
ChristopherBrownistobethankedforhissuggestionsandcontributionsfromalegalperspectivesoas
tohelptheMasterratherthanunnecessarilyburdenhim.
ToyooMohri,Gard’sJapanandFarEastrepresentativeistobethankedforhiscourageousapproachin
discussingthedraftwithshipownersandhisstaffandforhissubsequentrecommendationswhilstthe
guidancewasstillintheprocessofbeingwri