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Yacht surveys and valuations

Buying a yacht, insuring one or dealing with damage, you need a surveyor who looks at the whole boat and puts it in writing. IME surveys new and used yachts before purchase, for condition and value, and after damage, with a sea trial where it is needed, and gives you a report your insurer and your bank can use.

IME surveyor in a life jacket at a marina, with yachts moored behind him

Where we attend

Yacht surveys are attended from Panama City and through the representative in Las Palmas. Tell us the marina and the date.

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Service

When you need it

  1. 01

    You are buying a yacht

    A pre-purchase survey tells you what you are buying before you sign: what works, what needs repair and what it may cost you.

  2. 02

    Your insurer or your bank asks for a survey

    A condition and valuation survey gives them the yacht's condition and its estimated market value.

  3. 03

    The yacht has been damaged

    A damage survey records what happened to her and what the repair involves, for you and your insurer.

Which survey you need

01

Pre-purchase survey

For the buyer: the whole yacht inspected before the sale, with a sea trial, and a report of what was found.

02

Condition and valuation survey

For the insurer or the bank: the yacht's condition and its estimated market value.

03

Damage survey

After an accident or a storm: the damage, its probable cause and the repair it needs.

04

What the surveyor looks at

Hull, running gear and interior structure, propulsion and machinery, electrical and navigation systems, electronics, fuel systems and safety equipment, and how the yacht performs.

To arrange it, send us

  1. 01The yacht: make, model, length and year
  2. 02The marina where she is, and the dates she can be seen
  3. 03Which survey you need, and for whom: you, your insurer or your bank
  4. 04Whether a sea trial is possible

What you receive

A written report with the findings and recommendations, photographs and, for a valuation, the estimated market value.

Response
We reply to every request within 24 to 48 hours at the latest.
Report
Preliminary report within 24 hours of the inspection; final report within 10 days.

Who provides it

International Marine Experts

International Marine Experts

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About IME
Two IME surveyors on the causeway by the sea, with a ship at anchor behind them

Arrange a yacht survey

Tell us the yacht, the marina and the date. We reply by telephone, email or WhatsApp.

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