| Keeper of Record | Arya Stark | Rating | Marine Safety Inspector, Grade II |
| Station | Galway, Ireland | Years in Service | 14 |
| Signal (Telephone) | +353 (0)91 555 0412 | Wireless (E-mail) | a.stark@example.com |
| Charted Position | www.example.com/astark · 53°16'N, 9°03'W | ||
I have inspected aids to navigation on the Irish west coast for 14 years, covering a district of 47 lit stations and 212 buoys. My audits have kept the district's light-availability figure above 99.6% for 9 consecutive years. I hold a Class 1 Marine Surveyor certificate and I climb every tower myself, including the ones with 187 steps and no handrail worth the name.
| Item Examined | Observation | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Annual audit round | Inspected 47 lit stations and 212 buoys per year; filed every report within the 10-day statutory window | 100% |
| Optic availability | District light-availability held at 99.71% across 2025, best of 4 districts | 99.71% |
| Defect clearance | Cut mean time to clear a Category A lamp defect from 72 hours to 31 by re-sequencing the tender schedule | 31 hrs |
| Item Examined | Observation | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| LED conversion survey | Surveyed and signed off the conversion of 18 stations from filament to LED optics over 3 seasons | 18 stns |
| Fog signal trials | Ran acceptance trials on 6 replacement fog signals; all passed the 2-nautical-mile audibility test first time | 6 / 6 |
| Item Examined | Observation | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Engine room watch | Kept watch on a 2,400 kW plant across 4 years of west coast cargo runs, roughly 310 sea days a year | 310 d/yr |
| Planned maintenance | Brought overdue maintenance items from 61 to 4 in the first 8 months aboard | 61 → 4 |
The keeper's records were found in good order, the district defect ledger current to the day of visit, and the brasswork of her reporting frankly better than this office requires.
Found the station in first-rate order on arrival. Ms. Stark's ledgers reconcile to the penny and her defect log reads like a chart you could steer by. She climbed the tower with me in a force 7 and complained only about my pace. I recommend her without reservation for any post requiring a steady eye, a dry logbook, and a head for heights.