Thinking about buying or insuring a boat in Preveza Greece??

Monday 27 February 2017

Birchwood TS37 for sale (New listing).

We have some good friends in Samos Marina, Greece who are selling their Birchwood TS37 Motor Cruiser. Take a look! 
 
I have been on this boat many times and she is in a lovely condition through out. If you are in the market for a 38-footer with a 60K (Euro) budget, look no further! 






Located at this very peaceful marina on a very affordable mooring on the beautiful island of Samos





















The inventory!

Year of manufacture: 1988.
Engines:  2 x Volvo Penta TAMD41A 200hp. (2000 engine hrs). 
Cruising speed: 15 knots  Max 22knots.
Tankage: 1000ltrs fuel - 500 ltrs water.
                                                                                                                      
LOA:                           39 feet – 11.98M
Beam                           12 ft 5ins
Draft                            3 feet 3ins

Equipment:
Raytheon sounder log.
Raytheon Radar.
Raytheon Autopilot.
Furuno SPS.
2 x GPS.
2 VHS radios.
Seaportfishfinder. 
Forward facing sonar.
Phillips GP Navigator.
Target Navtex.

Bowthruster.                                                                                                    
Eberspacher heating.
Canopy to upper helm.
Anchor winch.
                                                           
Boat has 8 berths – twin fwd cabin, drop down double in galley dinette, drop down double in saloon and double in aft cabin with en suite.
New carpets throughout.
Two heads with showers and washbasins.
Galley has 3 burner hob, cooker, microwave and 12/240v fridge.
           
Surveyors comments: Birchwood's TS37 convinced more than 200 owners to purchase her new. And she continues to create plenty of interest on the broker's pontoons. 

Email me with any enquires at info@yachtsurveysgreece.com 

- or contact the owners direct: ann.bob.voyager@gmail.com

Thinking of buying a Yacht in the Greek Islands and need help. UK Yacht Surveyor required for insurance. Need a Marine Consultant. Leros, Athens, Preveza, Lefkas Marine Surveyor.... look no further....

Sunday 12 February 2017

Lagoon 37 Marine Survey

This weeks assignment is in Athens and Vouliagmeni Marina Surveying this Lagoon 37 for sale. 
Construction features balsa-cored hull of isophthalic resins. Bi- and triaxial cloths are used, and watertight bulkheads are installed both fore and aft.
Surveyors comments: Probably the biggest surprise to monohull sailors is that the Lagoon 37 doesn't give up any windward ability. With a pair of NACA-shaped fin keels, she will sail just as high as several modern monohulls! 



Wednesday 11 January 2017

Buying an EX Charter Yacht in Greece

The following update from the YBW.COM forum

Advice on buying a boat in Greece!

Hello! I want to buy a boat in Greece. What are the pitfalls? How do I register VAT paid? Are there any hidden costs? Do I need to go to anyone for advice? I intend to retire and live-aboard in the next year - want to buy now and look around this summer!


YOU dont need to register VAT paid unless you are buying a boat from outside the EU and importing it to an EU member country - in which case VAT has to paid at the level applicable in that country. Much simpler to buy a boat which is already EU country flagged eg UK.


If buying a boat that carries the flag of an EU country make sure that the seller can prove that VAT has been paid. An original VAT invoice is the usual document and should insist that that document should be passed to you as a condition of the sale.

In theory when entering an EU country local customs & excise can ask to see proof that VAT has been paid, although Ive never been asked for it! If you are buying a boat from another EU resident then no VAT is involved, although it is best to get evidence that VAT has been paid. You will find that boats from other countries are likely to have better paperwork trails than many UK boats - particularly older ones. You may also need to get involved in de-registering a boat from another registry, although normally this is the vendor's problem.

Be aware that many Greek boats are ex charter boats, and may be offered ex VAT. This means that you will have to pay the charter operator VAT (23%) for which you will get an invoice. Make sure you include this in your calculations. You will also need to pay to deregister the boat and transfer ownership to you. There are also some older charter boats where VAT has never been paid as before 2002 they were sold (legally) VAT free.

Thinking of Buying a Boat in Greece and need help? 

Friday 6 January 2017

Bavaria 44 Yacht Survey in Lakki Marina Leros Greece

While waiting for the weather to clear in Lakki Marina Leros (38 Knot winds and stormy!) We have picked up another Yacht Survey on this popular Bavaria 44. This was the first Bavaria by J&J Designs, which in 1993 was tasked with giving the range a sharper look and better performance.

J&J introduced bulbed keels and a more efficient rudder design and a sleeker, lower hull profile. The Bavaria 44 is a big yacht in all respects, with six berths in three cabins including a suite forward and a second heads aft. The saloon is not ideally arranged for offshore use but works well in harbour. A charter-orientated Holiday version was also offered, but it tends to fetch lower prices today.

Easily handled by two thanks to her in-mast roller reeling main sail and furling genoa, with all controls tailed back to the cockpit.


 Sleek lines and spacious accommodation which rivals many much larger boats.  

No ferries back to Samos today!


Thinking of buying a boat in the Greek Islands and need help? Contact me at info@yachtsurveysgreece.com

Tuesday 3 January 2017

Pre-Purchase Yacht Survey in Lakki, Leros Marina Beneteau 57

Back on the Greek Island of Leros this week, and a Yacht Survey for Pre-Purchase on this 57 footer. Designed to eat up the miles shorthanded, and built by Bénéteau and Farr Yacht Design. A great Yacht for demanding sailors with blue water cruising in mind.



Leros Marina, located  at the safest part of Lakki bay, which is completely protected from all the winds, including the ferocious S.E. Sirocco (or "Evros" in Greek), offers the opportunity for memorable moments, in a well-known cruising & sailing area, the South Aegean Sea. The private fenced area of 50.000 m2, is divided in a modern accommodated marina with up to 220 berths, 9 floating pontoons equipped with mooring lines, electricity and water and a fully equipped boatyard with spaces up to 600 boats on the dry-dock.

Saturday 31 December 2016

Pre-purchase Yacht Surveyor working in Greece - Searanger 448 Motor Cruiser

I was working in the local Marina of Samos today in Greece. This was an Insurance Survey on this fast and extremely able semi-displacement cruiser with a fabulous Bill Dixon designed hull. 











Surveyors comments: A serious long distance performance cruiser, with a unique hull form giving excellent performance at all speeds and a smooth ride in adverse weather conditions.

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Friday 16 December 2016

Beneteau 57 Yacht Survey in Leros, Lakki, Greece.

Just had a Marine Survey request on this rare model Beneteau 57 Yacht in Leros, Greece having five cabins and the pedestal steering! She looks a well maintained boat with a good spec #


Thinking about buying a yacht in Greece and need help? Contact me at Yachtsurveysgreece.com



Thursday 24 November 2016

Yacht Survey for Insurance in Greece




Today’s Yacht Survey in Samos Greece was on this Albin Vega 27 Sloop. The Vega was constructed of glass-fibre re-inforced polyester. Her joinery work is in hardwood and veneered ply. Glass-fibre frames and stringers also serve to stiffen the hull.

Per Brohall, the Swedish designer of the very successful Viggen, received a commission in 1964 from Lars Larsson, owner of Larrson Trade AB (in 1971 renamed Albin Marin AB), to design an enlarged version of the Viggen. This would hopefully increase the sale of Albin engines. This design was intended to replace the wooden prototype of the Vega that had been launched on 29 July 1965 which, after extensive and severe sea-trials went into production. The results were so favourable that the production forms for the reinforced fibreglass hull could be taken directly from the V-1 prototype hull. The original V-1 (made from mahogany) still sails in Sweden under the appropriate name of "Mahogany".

Sadly the Vega is no longer made but the moulds are still in one piece and located somewhere in Holland..... Who knows?

The hull is solid fiberglass, said by the builder to be 3/8-inch thick at the sheerline and 1-inch thick at the base of the keel, but the deck and cabintop are cored fiberglass for lightness. 



Surveyors comments: Lack of control in reverse gear. The unusual situation of the propeller, aft of the rudder, seems to create difficulties with steering the Vega when she's in reverse gear. She will need to be moving astern at a fairly rapid clip before the rudder takes effect.