Yacht Surveys and Boat Surveys
Services for Buyers - Maple Marine, Yacht and Boat Surveyors
We offer a number of services for boat and yacht buyers:
Choose Pre-Survey Inspection if you want someone to view the yacht for you.
If you are not able to get to a boat Maple Marine can look at a boat to give you an indication of condition as a quick pre-survey inspection.
This is useful if you are not local to the boat, or are interested in buying a boat you have found in England, when you live abroad. This service is a cost effective way of getting an independent set of eyes to report on the general condition. The report will provide you with a series of independently taken pictures by a marine professional along with an outline description of the vessel. It will highlight obvious faults and report on the general state of the vessel.
It does not take away the need for a pre-purchase survey, which covers structural and safety issues but will be useful if you are unable to attend the vessel yourself or you want a quick second opinion before proceeding.
Choose a Pre-Purchase Condition Surveys before finalising the purchase.
If you are buying a boat or a yacht an inspection from a Professional Yacht Surveyor, like Maple Marine helps uncover problems with your potential purchase that you may not be able to spot, and to confirm that if it is in good conditions. Maple Marine have both the equipment and the knowledge to provide you with a professional assessment of the condition of the vessel.
The purpose of all condition surveys is to have an independent expert check for any major defects or issues that could cause problems or require repair. Maple Marine follow the Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association guidance for undertaking pre-purchase and condition surveys. It is recommended that the yacht is inspected both in and out of the water for a full assessment to be completed with as much detail as possible.
Let us know if your insurance or finance companies needs a copy of the report, and we can supply more copies if required.
It is not recommended that you rely on any survey that the seller supplies you with. If significant sums are being spent, you will want the opinion of someone independent of the seller.
The surveyors of Maple Marine Ltd are members of the UK professional yacht surveyors trade bodies : RINA, YDSA, and IIMS
Choose a Limited Scope Survey if you are interested in specific items only.
We can look at just part of the vessel for you if you wish. For example you may decide that you want to limit the survey to the outside of the hull. In that case we would perform a limited scope survey which covers only the items you ask us to. These surveys however would not cover anything other than what we have been asked to inspect.
If the survey is to be carried out in the water, for example, we obviously cannot comment on anything that requires access to the bottom to inspect and that we cannot see.
Tonnage Surveys for Yacht Registration
Maple Marine surveyors will not survey a yacht if already commissioned to survey the boat by a seller. This would represent a conflict of interest that would be contrary to the ethics of Maple Marine.
Maple Marine surveyors can assess your prospective purchase from the point of view of the MCGA Codes of practice if you are looking to charter the yacht.
Please call us on (07901) 550408 or fill in our enquiry form for a quote and to book your pre-purchase survey.
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