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Vessels, helms & moorings

From varnished saloon joinery and foredeck hardware to grey-morning sea trials on open water, this is the standard of presentation and care brought to every sail and power vessel the brokerage represents, between 24 and 62 feet. No boat, builder or owner is named.

I Marina slips

Quiet, sheltered dockage where buyers step aboard for unhurried inspections.

  • Rows of masted yachts moored along a marina quay beneath a stone harbour wall.
    01 Masted yachts lying along a quay beneath a stone harbour wall: the kind of step-aboard berth where a private dockside viewing begins, one boat after the next.

II Hulls, decks & saloons

Hull lines, well-kept deck hardware and warm below-deck living space in natural harbour light.

  • A motor yacht photographed from directly above on clear turquoise water.
    02 A motor yacht from directly overhead on clear water, where beam, cockpit and foredeck layout read at a glance. Hull shape tells a buyer more about her running manners than her length does.
  • Foredeck hardware and a closed hatch on a white deck.
    03 Foredeck hardware and a closed hatch on a white deck. Cleats, tracks and hatch seals are worked and checked during every pre-listing ABYC systems check, before a surveyor ever finds them.
  • A saloon berth with blue cushions and varnished joinery below deck.
    04 A saloon berth below deck, blue cushions set against hand-varnished joinery. Headroom, stowage and the state of the woodwork are what buyers weigh longest on a viewing.

III Sea-trial water

Away from the dock, in the conditions an open-water sea trial is actually run in.

  • Two sailing boats with crew on deck in flat grey fog.
    05 Two sailing yachts with crew on deck in flat grey fog. A captained sea trial goes ahead in weather like this as readily as in sunshine, and tests the instruments and the boat rather harder.
  • Moored yachts and small craft lying along a wooded shoreline.
    06 Yachts and small craft moored off a wooded shore. Sheltered cruising water like this is where cruising range and draft limits decide which boat a buyer search should shortlist.

IV Helm & yard

Helm instruments checked at every viewing, and the haul-out that comes before any survey.

  • A compass binnacle mounted on a pedestal, photographed close up.
    07 A binnacle compass on its pedestal, close up. It is inspected at the helm alongside the chartplotter, autopilot and engine gauges, and is the one instrument aboard that still reads true with the batteries flat.
  • A wooden hull ashore on stands in a boatyard, covered over amidships.
    08 A wooden hull ashore on stands in the yard, sheeted over amidships. Travelift slots fill from September, so haul-out surveys are booked well ahead of the season.

Start with a dockside viewing

It is complimentary, runs about 90 minutes, and ends either with a vessel worth a sea trial or with a plain statement that nothing in the slips answers the brief.

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