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Marine Surveyors

Using a Marine Surveyor is essential for ensuring that your boat is fit for purpose. They could also save you a lot of money.

If you‘re intending to buy a boat, especially through finance, then we think it‘s imperative to have a marine survey carried out. Marine surveys are also important if you want to register and insure certain types of boats, especially older models – in fact, sometimes this may form part of the terms and conditions of your boat insurance policy.

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Surveys for Different Boats Types

It makes good sense to have a marine survey completed, whether you‘re operating commercially or privately, no matter what your boat type is; be it a yacht, motorboat, narrowboat or cruiser. Marine surveyors carry out a range of work, including boat safety examinations, boat insurance damage surveys and boat purchase reports.

Marine surveys, like a car‘s MOT, can pick up on essential repairs that will need doing immediately, or can even point towards potential problems that could develop in time if certain repair work is not carried out in the near future.

The main benefits are that a marine survey could ensure your safety as well as save you a lot of money in the future.

Marine Surveyor Qualifications

When hiring the services of a marine surveyor, you should always ensure that they are fully competent and have recognised industry qualifications. One useful way of finding out about your marine surveyor is to ask if they have membership of a professional organisation such as the International Institute of Marine Surveying. Other organisations that you might find useful are:

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)
The Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors (SCMS)
The Yacht Brokers, Designers and Surveyors‘ Association