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Marine Surveying  and Marine Surveyors

There are many good Marine Surveyors engaged in the Surveying of  Yachts and Boats around the Yachting Centres and Harbours of the World. Most Yacht Surveyors are members of organisations such as the Y.B.D.S.A or professional engineering institutions such as The Royal Institution of  Naval Architects (RINA)

Some Boat Surveyors specialise in surveying timber yachts and classic boats as do Kathleen Kilbey and her mentor and colleague George Reohorn, although they both have long experience of  surveys on other types of yacht hull, as mentioned below.

A good Yacht Surveyor will be competent to survey yachts and boats constructed from Aluminium, GRP  (fibreglass) Steel, ferro-cement and  Wood. Marine Surveyors often specialise in, for example, timber boats, or maybe steel yachts, whilst other Surveyors may concentrate on GRP (fibreglass) sailboats.

Wooden boats and classic wooden yachts come in all shapes and sizes; some are cold-moulded, some are clinker built (lapstrake), some are carvel with caulking between the plank edges, some are Colin-Archer type  “double-ender” cruising yachts and some may be classic racing yachts with a counter-stern and long-keel, such as the famous J class  boats like Velsheda and Endeavour.

There are many different kinds of Yacht Survey, some Marine Surveyors will carry out a Pre Purchase Survey and include a Valuation for Marine Insurance, whilst others quote for a Hull-Survey and will carry out a Survey of Rigging and Sails as a separate item.  A Full Condition Survey generally means an inspection of the yacht from the masthead to the ballast keel, and from stem to stern, covering all of the boat’s hull, deck, machinery, navigation equipment, rigging and sails.

It is the Boat-Owner’s (or the client commissioning the boat survey) responsibility to arrange for the yacht to be lifted out at a Marina or Boat Yard, then safely chocked off and the hull pressure-washed to remove all marine growth from the boat’s bottom.  If a sailing trial is to be conducted by the yacht surveyor,  this is usually carried out before lifting the boat out  of the water for the survey.

You will find lots more information about other aspects of  the Marine Surveyor’s profession on our other pages and many interesting and unique pictures of Modern Yachts and Classic Boats, so please click on the page links at the top of this page and enjoy your visit to our Marine Surveying site. 

If you have any questions please email us at info@classicboatsurveys.com  or telephone 44 (0) 845  680 1989  for a chat about Marine Surveying.

 Come and see us again soon

Kathleen Kilbey

Naval Architect and Marine Surveyor




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There are many good Marine Surveyors engaged in the Surveying of  Yachts and Boats around the Yachting Centres and Harbours of the World. Most Yacht Surveyors are members of organisations such as the Y.B.D.S.A or professional engineering institutions such as The Royal Institution of  Naval Architects (RINA)

Some Boat Surveyors specialise in surveying timber yachts and classic boats as do Kathleen Kilbey and her mentor and colleague George Reohorn, although they both have long experience of  surveys on other types of yacht hull, as mentioned below.

A good Yacht Surveyor will be competent to survey yachts and boats constructed from Aluminium, GRP  (fibreglass) Steel, ferro-cement and  Wood. Marine Surveyors often specialise in, for example, timber boats, or maybe steel yachts, whilst other Surveyors may concentrate on GRP (fibreglass) sailboats.

Wooden boats and classic wooden yachts come in all shapes and sizes; some are cold-moulded, some are clinker built (lapstrake), some are carvel with caulking between the plank edges, some are Colin-Archer type  “double-ender” cruising yachts and some may be classic racing yachts with a counter-stern and long-keel, such as the famous J class  boats like Velsheda and Endeavour.

There are many different kinds of Yacht Survey, some Marine Surveyors will carry out a Pre Purchase Survey and include a Valuation for Marine Insurance, whilst others quote for a Hull-Survey and will carry out a Survey of Rigging and Sails as a separate item.  A Full Condition Survey generally means an inspection of the yacht from the masthead to the ballast keel, and from stem to stern, covering all of the boat’s hull, deck, machinery, navigation equipment, rigging and sails.

It is the Boat-Owner’s (or the client commissioning the boat survey) responsibility to arrange for the yacht to be lifted out at a Marina or Boat Yard, then safely chocked off and the hull pressure-washed to remove all marine growth from the boat’s bottom.  If a sailing trial is to be conducted by the yacht surveyor,  this is usually carried out before lifting the boat out  of the water for the survey.

You will find lots more information about other aspects of  the Marine Surveyor’s profession on our other pages and many interesting and unique pictures of Modern Yachts and Classic Boats, so please click on the page links at the top of this page and enjoy your visit to our Marine Surveying site. 

If you have any questions please email us at info@classicboatsurveys.com  or telephone 44 (0) 845  680 1989  for a chat about Marine Surveying.

 Come and see us again soon

Kathleen Kilbey

Naval Architect and Marine Surveyor




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