Vessels Surveyed

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Surveyed in the South of France, ex-charter vessel being refitted by Catana.  Performance cruiser with vinyl ester layup with carbon reinforcement

 Lightly used vessel, issues around RCD status. Normal issues around systems not being used for some time

Surveyed in Port Grimaud, South of France, high performance luxury cruiser with all the bells and whistles. Side decks were lifting, it was found that they were not factory fitted and put down in the rain 

Well cared for example of this popular production cruiser.  With a powered transom, bow thruster and touchscreen plotter.  However, the VHF didn't work

Good quality American sports boat with a deep vee hull which provides good handling at speed. 

Cosmetically poor but structurally sound.  These vessels are well known for extended cruising and this one had been to the Pacific 

Well cared for by an experienced owner, however when run ashore the engine block was cracked.  Despite this the sale completed with some further negotiation

Felt it was bigger than it was given the build quality and internal volume. High quality vessel, handled well during the sea trial

Most surveyors bread and butter with a reported 2444 made we have all surveyed a number of them.  Benefitting from a recent engine, good boat for a little ask

High performance cruiser with a specification that included a water maker. Apart from some defunct batteries, not much wrong with it

Real Northern European craftmanship, well laid out, well appointed engine compartment and high quality finishes. Interesting features such as underwater exhaust

One of the last built and in recent years had undergone a nigh on complete rebuild by a experienced engineer. Not known for sailing performance, but a capable cruiser.  Integral water tanks in the encapsulated bilge keels 

Structurally sound, issues found around the turbos and both were replaced along with the risers

Degradation found at the keel stepped mast.  The sea trial was in a force 5 which really showed how this cruiser / racer sails, exciting!

Generally all up together, after refitting the vessel the owner decided to sell it. A very popular cruiser, this one was actually a fin as opposed to the bilge keel version

The client wanted a capable cruiser able to sail in light winds. This example had in boom reefing which is unusual on a vessel this size.

The current owner was an ex-aircraft engineer who kept the boat very well. On the first sea trial the raw water strainer failed sending a water plume up from the open engine hatch 

Well laid out catamaran with a four double cabins with respectable siling performance. Found to be well built and a good specification, a teak cockpit table instead of the plastic one usually found

Wooden vessel need constant maintenance.  Although this was looked there was softness of the wood where the bilge plates once were

Significant refit by current owner wanting a survey at the end of his work. Interesting aerorig, not often seen

Being bought as a liveaboard, lots and space and even a bath. Seacock came off in my hand, many systems dated but structurally sound. It had relatively new engines and performed well on the sea trial 

Client wanted a hull survey and walkthrough survey.  Hull was structurally sound but there were other issues noted

Syndicate owned, survey recommendations became a worklist for the owners

Well respected pocket cruiser capable of going anywhere. The teak decks were an issue which carries a large bill relative to the vessels value

Pocket catamaran which has a large interior for its length.  Standing rigging needed replacing and some updating was required

A lovely classic cruiser, cutter rigged. The rigging was showing signs of degradation through broken strands

Classic flybridge motorboat, fortunately this was maintained by a marine engineer.  Good performance during the sea trial, engines was aligned 

Relatively rare lifting keel example, significant gas leak from a regulator  

Usual suspects, the Volvo lip seals were past the manufacturers recommended service life, fire extinguishers were out of date

This example had done an Atlantic circuit, the chainplates had lifted and moisture had ingressed into the knees securing them and the core plywood was rotten