by Solent Marine Surveys | Sep 6, 2022 | Recent Surveys
We carried out a pre-purchase survey on this fairly recent Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 41DS at Swanwick Marina, the base of Sea Ventures, the main UK importer. These raised saloon “deck saloon” style yachts are a true all-purpose cruising design which we are very familiar...
by Solent Marine Surveys | Jul 9, 2021 | Recent Surveys
This 2004 Bavaria 36 had only just arrived back in the UK. She was delivered from Southern France to the UK to avoid any post Brexit VAT issues by her owner. She was sold within days of being advertised by the Bavaria main dealer, Clipper Marine at Swanwick Marina. As...
by Solent Marine Surveys | Jul 9, 2021 | Recent Surveys
This very recent Jeanneau 51 was surveyed for a pre-purchase survey at Port Solent by Solent Marine Surveys. As with several of the surveys we undertook during the Covid-19 lockdowns the buyer was unable to view her. Instead relying on a video walk though with the...
by Solent Marine Surveys | Feb 3, 2021 | Recent Surveys
We sea trialled and carried out a pre-purchase survey on this Hanse 470e. The setting was a beautiful archipelago near Saltsjobaden just a few miles south of Stockholm, Sweden. This was my third yacht survey in Scandinavia within a few months; it is always odd how...
by Solent Marine Surveys | Feb 3, 2021 | Recent Surveys
This high-performance racer/cruiser by J-Boats was surveyed at the main UK importer’s site, Key Yachting in Hamble. As with all J-Boats, she was built with a balsa cored hull and, like the more recent vessels from J-Boats she had a foam cored deck – the older...
by Solent Marine Surveys | Feb 2, 2021 | Recent Surveys
This heavy displacement offshore trawler type vessel was built in 2004 by PAE (Pacific Asian Enterprises) / Ta Shing Yacht Building. Ta Shing in the far East. Several Nordhavn models have made extended ocean passages and, according to Nordhavn.com in 2021, the smaller...
