Articles
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. They carry no sales material. NAVI begins commercial operations in 2027.
Published
A surveyor can report only on what they can reach. Panels opened where they expose structure, tanks opened and cleared, admission to every space aboard. Why all of it is settled before anyone boards.
30 July 2026Equipment that presents perfectly can be internally compromised. The consequence of a missed service interval is gradual and invisible. What the maker required. What the record shows. Why the gap between them is the finding.
29 July 2026Require the repairs, reduce the price or withdraw. Which routes you actually hold, the notice period that governs them and how a finding becomes evidence a seller cannot dismiss.
In preparation
Which documents to ask for first, what each tier proves and the point at which the condition of the machinery cannot be certified.
Who pays whom in a brokered sale, what the absence of licensing in the United Kingdom means and which credentials are worth verifying.
Building, operation, dry dock and disposal each leave something the next stage inherits. What a single-discipline inspection cannot see.
What the MYBA Memorandum of Agreement permits a buyer after survey, by when and what the surveyor has to certify.
Contact
Tell us what you are considering. We will tell you when we can examine it with you.