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My partner once said, " You're always finding fault, you would make a good surveyor... Love proving her right!
My partner once said, " You're always finding fault, you would make a good surveyor... Love proving her right!
Whether you are purchasing a vessel, renewing insurance, or troubleshooting a complex onboard system, a thorough survey is essential. Holding an N.Dip in Electronics and a member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS), the surveys provided go beyond standard visual inspections.
Drawing on extensive boat industry experience across South Africa, Greece, and the Caribbean, every inspection is informed by a deep understanding of how different marine environments and construction methods impact a vessel over time.
Modern small craft are complex. Employing a comprehensive suite of diagnostic tools ensures every aspect of the vessel—from the structural integrity of the hull to the safety of the electrical systems—is accurately assessed.
Pre-Purchase & Insurance Condition Surveys
Detailed, independent assessments to satisfy underwriters and ensure buyers know exactly what they are investing in.
GRP Moisture Profiling: Utilising a Tramex Skipper Plus and or Sovereign moisture meter to accurately assess hull condition and identify potential osmosis risks.
Metal Hull Ultrasonic Gauging: Non-destructive thickness testing using a Tritex meter to verify the structural integrity of steel and aluminium hulls.
Inaccessible Area Inspections
Employing an endoscope to inspect hidden structural members, engine spaces, and areas behind bulkheads that standard visual checks cannot reach. What actually is going on inside the fuel tanks?
What is do that others dont!
Advanced Marine Electrical & Electronic Diagnostics
With specialised qualifications in electronics, vessels are comprehensively tested to ensure systems are safe, compliant, and functioning optimally.
System Profiling
Advanced fault-finding and waveform analysis using an oscilloscope and digital multimeters.
Power Generation & Storage
Dedicated testing for batteries, alternators, and MPPT solar panel regulators to ensure your off-grid or domestic power systems are reliable and your generator and inverter are providing proper sine waves.
Corrosion & Cathodic Protection Analysis
Preventative testing to save owners from expensive underwater structural degradation.
Galvanic Testing: Utilising a redox and silver/silver chloride half-cell to test hull potentials, ensuring sacrificial anodes are working correctly, and the vessel is protected against stray current and galvanic corrosion.
Providing prompt and professional marine surveying across the East coast and the South East.
East Anglia: Comprehensive coverage across the marinas, boatyards, and broads of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex.
South East & Inland: Operating from a secondary base in Addlestone, providing easy access to the River Thames, Surrey waterways, and the wider London area.
Travel outside these primary areas can be arranged upon request.
