Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DS for sale Ireland

Today's Survey was in Leros at our Greek base in the Aegean Islands. This boat seems to have found the sweet spot in several areas. It has an updated look that is not too radical, and its comfortable accommodations satisfy both form and function. Light-air performance is good, and I’d guess it could handle plenty more wind without much trouble.

Construction: Hull is solid hand-laid fiberglass reinforced with a one-piece structural grid. Additional reinforcement is added to the keel area and chainplate mounts. Deck is built using the Prisma (closed mold) resin-injection process.

Pros: Updated look, comfortable accommodations, good light-air performance.

Conns: Engine compartment was tight!

Looking for a Marine Survey in Ireland I will be back in Dublin in the next few weeks. If you require any help or want some advise please do not hesitate to contact me. Drop me an email to steventruss1@aol.com 

Yacht Surveyor / Marine Surveyors operating in Leros and Preveza, Greece

Just a 'Heads Up' for Survey dates and assignments coming up! I will be in Leros next week carrying out a Pre-Purchase Survey on a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DS and also at the end of the month (1st September, 2022) I am back in Leros carrying out an Insurance Survey on a Southerly Yacht 115. After that we are on to Preveza, Lefkada and Nidri carrying out a number of Insurance Surveys on a number of different Yachts.

So if any of the above dates are suitable for your timings please drop me a message and I am sure i can find space to Survey your Yacht of choice or maybe an Insurance Survey!

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Yacht Survey in Kalida Athens

Today's Survey assignment was this 'Sellers Marine Survey' on this 5 year old Home Built Aluminium Yacht. She is also up for sale! 

The immersed hull was of welded 8mm aluminium. She had a raked stem, counter transom stern with a deep draft ballasted keel extending aft to form the rudder and skeg. The hull plates were internally stiffened via welded frames spaced at approximately 800mm centres along with various bulkheads welded amidships forward and aft. The superstructure was of a similar construction in 6 and 5mm aluminium. 

Surveyors comments: Notes regarding ‘Home Built Vessels’ and CE exemptions. The Recreational Craft Directive is a European Union directive which sets out minimum technical, safety and environmental standards for boats, personal watercraft, marine engines and components in Europe. It covers boats built between 2.5 and 24m, personal watercraft, engines and a number of components built since 1998. It ensures their suitability for sale and use in Europe. As in this case with, under the above directive she is recognised as a ‘Home Completed Craft’ and therefore is covered by the ‘five year rule’. 

Vessels built prior to July 1998 do not have to adhere to the requirements of the Recreational Craft Directive. To meet the ‘home build exemption’ the boat must have been used exclusively, as a recreation craft, by the builder and not further placed on the market for at least 5 years.  

Drop me an email at steventruss1@aol.com for any more information. 

 

Yacht Surveyor in Basimakopoulos Shipyard in Kilada

Just a 'Heads Up'. I am back in  Basimakopoulos Shipyard in Kilada mid June 2022, so if any readers are looking at Yachts in this area or require Insurance Surveys drop me an email.

Jeanneau Sunfast 39 for Yacht Survey Leros Greece

Todays Survey assignment was an Insurance Survey on this Jeanneau Sun Fast 39, designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau in 1991.

She is a more performance oriented version of the Sun Charm 39. This one had some keel issues, and had probably been aground at some stage.

Cracked structural frame's, indicating upward pressure from the keel

Time for new gas hoses!

Significant corrosion to the keel bolts. Why? 

Teak planking detached from sub deck

Spot the key-way on the steering quadrant. The key has come out!

Looking for a Marine Surveyor in Athens, Preveza, Nidri, Leros, Lefkada, Samos or Greece generally? Drop me an email: steventruss1@aol.com