Ensure confidence in your yacht investment with a comprehensive pre-purchase survey. We assess structural integrity, onboard systems, mast & rigging, sea trial performance, and haul-out condition—providing a detailed report with expert recommendations to help you make an informed decision.
Ensure your yacht is built to the highest standards with expert oversight from start to finish. We conduct monthly shipyard inspections, quality control checks, and Pre-Delivery Inspections (PDI)—ensuring your vessel meets agreed specifications. With experience across top global shipyards, we also offer financial representation for key stage payments, providing peace of mind throughout the build.
We specialize in overseeing the construction and refit of multihulls and blue water catamarans, ensuring they meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and craftsmanship. With expertise in working with top shipyards like Sunreef, Lagoon, Outremer, and Privilege, we offer detailed inspections and regular updates, ensuring your vessel is ready for long-distance cruising. Our services include specification reviews, monthly shipyard inspections, quality control, and financial representation to keep the project on track and within budget.
Ensure your yacht meets the highest standards before handover with a comprehensive Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI). We verify systems, build specifications, cosmetic finishes, and performance through sea trials, ensuring your vessel is delivered exactly as expected. With experience across top global shipyards, our PDI process helps minimize future warranty issues and provides complete peace of mind.
We provide comprehensive damage assessments for yachts, identifying the extent of damage, necessary repairs, and root causes of incidents like collisions, groundings, fires, and structural failures. Working with owners and insurers, we deliver detailed reports, forensic investigations, and expert recommendations, ensuring repairs meet the highest industry standards.
All UK commercial vessels up to 24m LOA must comply with the MCA Small Craft Codes for safety and seaworthiness. As approved coding examiners through the IIMS, we conduct inspections, issue certificates, and provide compliance recommendations for charter yachts, motor vessels, and commercial RIBs. We also carry out coding surveys for vessels registered in the BVI, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey, ensuring full regulatory compliance for commercial operations.
We are IIMS-approved tonnage surveyors, providing essential surveys for Part 1 British Registry and Red Ensign States vessel registration. A tonnage survey is required to establish proof of ownership, UK nationality, and mortgage security, ensuring compliance with maritime regulations. Our expert assessments cover UK, BVI, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey registrations, delivering accurate certification for a smooth and compliant registration process.
A comprehensive insurance survey provides lenders and insurers with a detailed assessment of your vessel’s condition, ensuring it meets safety and valuation standards for coverage or financing. Whether required by your provider or done proactively, our surveys streamline approvals and safeguard your investment.
We work with banks and lenders to verify stage payments during yacht construction, ensuring vessels meet required standards before funds are released. For financed vessels, we conduct annual finance appraisals, assessing maintenance, condition, and compliance to protect both owners and lenders. Our expert valuations provide an accurate market-based assessment, helping to align financing, insurance, and asset management.
A pre-sale survey helps sellers identify issues early, avoid surprises, and streamline negotiations. By proactively addressing concerns before listing, you can boost buyer confidence, speed up the sale, and potentially increase your vessel’s value. Stay ahead of the market with a thorough, independent inspection.
Our company is a trusted leader in marine surveying in the UK, Europe, and Worldwide, backed by over 15 years of industry expertise. As a fully qualified Marine Surveyor and MCA Certifying Authority Examiner, we hold a Lloyds Maritime Academy Certificate in Naval Architecture and full membership with the International Institute of Marine Surveying (MIIMS).
With extensive experience in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, we have conducted over 200 marine surveys, including pre-purchase, insurance, damage, tonnage, and valuation inspections on vessels ranging from 30 to 240 feet. Our expertise in yacht management and operations is further enhanced by our role as co-founders of a superyacht services company and a yacht charter central agency and brokerage.
Combining technical excellence with practical experience, we deliver a client-focused, professional service that ensures reliability, accuracy, and the highest industry standards in all aspects of marine surveying and yacht operations.
Following rigorous vetting and approval by the Professional Assessment Committee, we are proud to be recognised by the IIMS for the following specialisms:
We are very aware that each clients needs are different and the standard survey approach may not fit exactly what is required. Please don't hesitate to discuss your personal requirements with us.
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