I do know of a good
surveyor in
Turkey. The company name is
Marine Solutions. The surveyors names are Capt. Naci Arici and Mr. Yusuf Civelekoglu. The have experience surveying Lagoons. I can probably find their telephone number if you like. In May of 2017, I looked at a 2012
Lagoon 400 named Defnoska(Turkish registered, formerly US registry as Maya)located in Karacasogut. I had them conduct a sea trial and
surveyor. They were very thorough and took 2 days to complete. I witnessed the
survey and they would point out issues and good things. The written report was also very thorough.
In the end, the
boat needed about 30000 Euros worth of
work to be
seaworthy enough to cross the Atlantic, our goal. The owner would not negotiate so we did not
purchase her.
The company was Portofino and the
broker was Tevhit Kural. They were very helpful and Tevhit, Portofinos owner and Defnoskas owner were all present for the survey. Tevhit spoke good
English, the Portofino owner did not speak
English and Tevhit translated. They answered all my questions about
documentation, etc however since I did not continue with the
purchase, I do not know if the transaction would have gone well.
Marmaris is known for good quality workmanship with regard to
repairs and other
marine work. In live in the US but had I been able to witness the
repairs, I might have purchased Defnoskas without
price compensations.
If you have any other questions about my experience, I'll try to answer them.
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