Lessons learned from managing major insurance claim repairs in a shipyard
If an owner is very unlucky, their yacht may sustain damage that requires time in a shipyard to undertake repairs. Martin Redmayne at The Superyacht Report was kind enough to ask me to contribute and article to explain what can be expected by the owner’s team, and how they, the shipyard and the surveyor can […]
Superyacht Investor Conference Interview
Richard Franklin, the managing partner of Yacht Survey Partners, shared the stage with David Maass from Alley Maass Rogers Lindsay, Bob Allen from Robert Allen Law and Alex Sayegh from HFW to discuss managing the superyacht survey process under both MYBA and IYBA contracts in a panel expertly moderated by Alasadair Whyte of Superyacht Investor. […]
Savannah – the iconic 83.5m Feadship
We’re fortunate in being asked to survey some of the World’s most beautiful and technically complex yachts, but not many stand out as much as the stunning 2015 83.5 metre Feadship SAVANNAH, for which the overused word iconic would in this instance be more than appropriate. Taking her hybrid propulsion system through its paces during […]
Feadship Project 825 – Les Cinq
We are pleased to have undertaken the pre purchase survey of Feadship project 825 during the final stages of her completion at the Van Lent shipyard in Amsterdam. A team of 5 surveyors from Yacht Survey Partners conducted the in water survey and sea trial whilst the boat was still in the hands of the […]
Great start to 2025 with many high profile surveys
We’ve seen a busy start to 2025 with the number of large pre purchase surveys well ahead of previous years and continuing to look busy into the second half of the year, despite the uncertain outlook for the brokerage market. We’re pleased to have been asked to undertake pre purchase surveyors on many of this […]
Superyacht Investor Conference 2025
Yacht Survey Partners are delighted that Richard Franklin, its managing partner, will be returning as a speaker to the Superyacht Investor Conference 2025. We will be sharing the stage with David Maass from Alley, Maass, Rogers and Lindsay Jay Tooker from HFW to discuss managing the superyacht survey process under both MYBA and IYBA contracts. […]
New partner appointment
Yacht Survey Partners are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Lockhart as a partner in the business as of 01 January 2025. In making Paul a partner, we are delighted to recognise his ongoing support and commitment to the business in our mission to offer first class survey and technical support to the superyacht […]
How to get the most from your survey report
Should a yacht buyer make time to read and understand the pre purchase survey report that they’ve commissioned? Naturally we say yes (but we’re realists and accept that they might not get beyond the executive summary and budget estimates, leaving the fine detail to the rest of the buyer’s team to read) but we also […]
47m San Lorenzo Explorer Yacht in Antigua
We recently had the pleasure of surveying the 47m San Lorenzo built motor yacht ARROW from their Expedition 500 explorer yacht range in the beautiful surroundings of Nelson’s Dockyard in English Harbour, Antigua over a period of 4 days for a previous client. Arrow is a full displacement twin screw diesel powered motor yacht of […]
Is AI the future of superyacht surveys?
A few weeks ago, I found myself speaking with Rob Hodgetts of Superyacht Investor about our approach to superyacht surveys in the context of the possible future role of AI (artificial intelligence) in yacht surveys. Rob wondered if our profession might be a prime target for the introduction of AI based survey systems that could […]