Description Expertise
Polyester Sailboat
Duration: between 1/2 day (7 / 8 m boats) and 1 full day (from 12 m).
Survey of the vessel if possible afloat and then ashore.
Control, depending on the size, from 120 to 150 points with, if possible or significant :
- Sea trial
- Survey ashore at least 1/2 hour
- Oil sampling for analysis (if the oil has more than 20 hours of operation)
Immersed parts :
- osmosis control (Sovereign tester)
- base plate or shaft line, propeller, chair, hydrolube bushing
- sterns and rudders
- sterns and rudders
- ballast
- hull / ballast connection
Hull and deck :
- hull / deck connection
- search for cracks and delamination
- deck fittings and equipment
- windlass and anchor
Sails and rigging :
- Overall review
- Ascent to the top of the mast
- Visual inspection of the sheaves, sheaves, lights and wiring.
Drive unit :
- essay
- leak detection
- visual and auditory inspection
- hot spot search with laser thermometer
- oil samples for analysis (if requested)
Indoor networks :
- valves
- 12 or 24 V electrical circuit
- electric circuit 220 V
- freshwater circuit
- gas circuit
Electronics :
- testing of all equipment
Comfort equipment :
- testing of all devices
About 40 to 60 pages with a conclusion :
- Main recommendations
- Estimation of market value
Printable edition sent by e-mail (.pdf files) and by post (a CD is sent to your address).
A hardcover, paperback edition can be provided upon request.
If the claimant is absent during the expertise, pre-reporting is possible by video-conference on Skype (1 to 2 hours, about 100 photos with our comments).
General terms and conditions of the expertise
A few days before the expertise, a Mandate of Expertise is sent by e-mail confirming the particular conditions (amount, date, place, time of the appointment …) and all the general conditions for final agreement. The above description is a proposal that can be modified according to the technical and / or safety conditions encountered during the examination and considered as fixed by the applicant.