Articles

What we know, written for the buyer.

A yacht purchase is decided on information the buyer rarely holds. These articles set out what a pre-purchase survey covers, what a sale contract permits once defects are found, and how to judge the person you are about to trust with a seven-figure decision.

They are published as we write them, under the NAVI name, and they carry no sales material. NAVI begins commercial operations in 2027.

Published

In preparation

What follows

Choosing a surveyor

Should you use the broker's surveyor, or appoint your own?

Who pays whom in a brokered sale, what the absence of licensing in the United Kingdom means, and which credentials are worth verifying.

The contract

The survey clause, explained for the buyer

The MYBA Memorandum of Agreement, the small craft forms, and the position of a private sale with nothing in writing at all.

Scope

What a pre-purchase yacht survey actually covers

System by system, and the exclusions that buyers discover afterwards: engine internals, tank internals, rig aloft, sea trial.

Credentials

How to check that a marine surveyor is actually qualified

Which letters mean something, how to verify them, and why professional indemnity cover should be requested rather than assumed.

The Mediterranean

Buying abroad: the survey questions to settle first

Haul-out and yard access, attendance, reporting language, and the documentation checks that matter more at distance.

Contact

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