Survey Spain, A Good One..

[watervan]

Good morning!

I am buying a Lagoon 440 directly from an owner, without any Brokers involved. In a few days we need to get ourselves a surveyor for the pre-purchase check.

When this owner bought her a few years back, his survey showed an issue with "Secondary bonding to the the bridge deck behind in the saloon seating area".

No idea what this means, but does not sound good.

Could anyone recommend a surveyor in Alicante-Valencia, Spain area? Also, any idea what sort of fees I am looking at? Actual survey, travel? what else?

How serious is this secondary bonding thing?


Thanks in advance!

Chris

[atoll]

best bet would be to fly a surveyer in from the uk or palma de Mallorca.

bonding problem does not sound that serious,and is fairly easily accessed to effect a repair via the saloon seats,outside locker and the nav table instrument panel.

[atoll]

local"ish" servouyers

Spain: Consultants, people / Marine Surveyors. Surveys Yacht surveyors, Boat surveyors

[rabbi]

A few years ago we used a british guy Out of Torrevieja
Costa Blanca Yacht Service

Cost was around 1k Euro for a 41ft cat for survey, seatrial and rig survey.
Add travel cost as required and the haulout cost (600 euro in our case)

Secondary bonding should have been fixed in the meantime i suppose? Shouldn't be a big deal to check if the repair is still Ok.

[achel]

Frank is a good surveyor who carried out a survey for me

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Frank Höller
YEXPE - Expert Maritime
Membre de YDSA (Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association) et de BMSE (British Marine Surveyors Europe)


http://www.yexpe.com


C/Virgen del Socorro 61-3A
E-03002 Alicante/Espagne
Tel./Fax: +34 965.260.657
Portable: +34 649.170.452

[watervan]

Thanks all for the replies. Very much appreciated.
Getting closer now. Will let you know who I went with and how that experience was.

Cheers,
Chris

[ferguson]

if you are still looking you could try Geoff at www.portugal-spainmarine surveys.com

[ferguson]

sorry that was Portugal & Spain MARINE SURVEYS - Home

[Cruise Wild]

I am looking into a survey for a Catalac Cat on the Balearic coast of Spain.

The replies above are a good starting point for my search, many thanks to the posters.

I was wondering if Watervan went through with his survey or anyone else had feedback on someone they've had a positive experience with?

Someone who knows Catalacs well and comes well recommended might be worth the cost of flying them in. Unfortunately, I do not speak much spanish, so english speaking would be essential.

Thanks in advance!

[YEXPE]

Originally Posted by achel

Frank is a good surveyor who carried out a survey for me

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Frank Höller
YEXPE - Expert Maritime
Membre de YDSA (Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association) et de BMSE (British Marine Surveyors Europe)


http://www.yexpe.com


C/Virgen del Socorro 61-3A
E-03002 Alicante/Espagne
Tel./Fax: +34 965.260.657
Portable: +34 649.170.452

Thank you very much, Achel, it is always very satisfying to read about happy customers!
For all other (future) boat owners: I am available for pre-purchase inspections or for insurance surveys in Spain, Portugal or the South of France.