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Marine Surveying Guides
Practical guides and professional insight for yacht and small craft surveyors.
Defect of the Week: Through-Hull Seacocks
'Present and operational' is not a finding. How to inspect a through-hull seacock, grade dezincification, and document it so it holds up.
Seawork 2026: Tech Coming to Your Yard
Propulsion, battery, and monitoring technology at Seawork previews what reaches small-craft pre-purchase surveys within 12 to 24 months.
Steel Hull Ultrasonic Survey Method
There is no published minimum-thickness standard for steel narrowboats, so a defensible hull finding means a recorded reading grid by zone.
Keel Integrity in Pre-Purchase Surveys
Keel detachment is one of sailing's most catastrophic failures. Here's what a survey report must establish about keel attachment, and why.
What Underwriters Check in Survey Reports
Underwriters read condition survey reports differently from buyers. Here's what they check section by section, and where reports fall short.
How to Write a Vessel Valuation
Most valuations rest on opinion without a documented method, so they can't be defended when challenged. The three bases of value, explained.