Yacht & Marine Surveyors

Why Us?

Great customer service and experience. The owner of Marine Surveys UK is Matthew West, who is  BMSE qualified, an affiliate member of the Yacht Brokers, Designers and Surveyors Association. A MECAL independent Surveyor and has been professionally involved with yachts for 25 years.

He has always worked in a customer facing environment and customer satisfaction is second nature. See the customer reviews at the bottom of the page.

Experience started at the coal face when working as flotilla engineer for several years for several leading yacht charter organisations.

This experience was consolidated when Matthew became Technical Manager, followed by Operations Director for Sunsail. Sunsail operated in excess of 1500 yachts worldwide in a wide range of different locations and conditions.

Experience included the analysis of yachts and their components including the parts and their longevity, thus providing extensive knowledge of what works where and the cost effectiveness of the relevant equipment specified.

In 2002 Matthew became Managing Director for Sunsail finally leaving the organisation in 2006.

Qualifications

• Graduate of the International Boat Building and Training College
• Passed the Practical Yacht Surveying Course with Distinction grade
• Member of the Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association.
• MECALIndependent Surveyor for MCAcoding 

Matthew is also a qualified practical yacht master with 1000's of sea miles, including various Atlantic crossings and extensive cruising experience on a wide range of other yachts and power boats.

Matthew has worked with the technical teams in a large number of organisations including: