Documents
A copy of the specification and any known-defects disclosure, so claims can be checked against reality on the spot.
Buyer’s trip · Survey day
The surveyor brings instruments. Your job is to attend, watch and ask.
Attending your own pre-purchase survey is the single highest-value day in a yacht purchase. Photo ID and the vessel’s document file, deck shoes, sun cover, a small torch, something to write on, your questions list, and water.
In short
Leave the socialising ashore. Survey day is a working day, and sellers respect buyers who treat it that way.
- An hour aboard with the surveyor teaches more than any report you will be sent afterwards.
- The negotiation that follows is built from the questions you logged, so log them as they arise.
- Wear nothing you would mind getting engine-room grime on.
What to bring
Four things worth the space in your bag
A torch
Lockers, bilges and engine spaces reward your own eyes, not just the surveyor’s.
Notes
Log every question the findings raise. That list is what the negotiation is built from.
The right kit
Non-marking soles, sun cover for the sea-trial hours, and clothes you do not mind ruining.
We will arrange the day around you.
Send the vessel and your dates. Surveyor, haul-out or dive slot, and the trial window are booked so the survey happens while you are actually in the country.