Contact us:  +351 925 185 615 / +44 7785 971 503

YACHT, CATAMARAN &  POWERBOAT SURVEYS

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About
Coverage:  
Portugal, Spain and Mediterranean
The Principal Surveyor, Geoff Skinner is a fully accredited, professional surveyor with 45 plus years of international marine experience and industry qualifications. Geoff has  logged over 50,000 miles through a wide range of vessel types and boating activity.

​Principal Surveyor, Geoff Skinner 

As  a professionally qualified surveyor  I have logged well over 50,000 miles on my own and other boats.   My 45 years of marine experience spans a very wide range of vessel type, construction material and boating activity.

I am based with Portugal & Spain Marine Surveys in Portugal, covering the surveying requirements of owners and buyers of GRP and metal Sailing Yachts, Catamarans and Motor Vessels based in Portugal including the Azores and Madeira, Spain, the wider Mediterranean (Italy, Sardinia, France) and many international locations such as the Caribbean. 

I am an Accredited Member of the Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association (YDSA). 

Trained and apprenticed under senior professionals from  the YDSA and the IIMS, I am a graduate in Yacht and Small Craft Surveying from the International Boat Building College at Lowestoft, UK (IBTC). Additionally, I have specific credentials in yacht design theory and fibreglass lay-up and fault detection and extensive experience in metal hull corrosion and thickness gauging.
Credentials & Qualifications:
  • Accredited member:  Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association - YDSA
  • Member: International Institute Marine Surveying - IIMS
  • Diploma: Yacht & Small Craft Surveying – IBTC    
  • Diploma: GRP Lay-up and Fault Identification – Marine Skills Centre, Southampton College
  • Certificate: Design Theory - International School of Yacht Design - ISYD  
  • Member: British Marine Surveys Europe - BMSE
  • Member: Royal Yachting Association - RYA
  • Member: Royal Ocean Racing Club - RORC
  • Member: Ocean Cruising Club - OC
  • Yacht Master Offshore - RYA
  • Keelboat Racing Coach - RYA
  • Dingy Sailing Instructor - CYA
  • Bachelor of Science - Concordia University
  • Master of Science-University of London/ LBS
With specific training and extensive experience in metal hull surveying, I have inspected hulls ranging in size from a  15m aluminium sailing vessel to 120 year old,  23m dutch barge built of riveted iron  in 1896.

I am a qualified MCA Yacht Master, RYA Keelboat Racing Coach and Sailing Instructor and have participated in numerous in-shore and offshore racing campaigns including the Rolex Fastnet and Rolex Midsea races.

In addition, I have skippered many cruising and blue-water delivery passages including transatlantic from Portugal to Brazil, and voyages from Spain to Rome, London to St. Petersburg and Bermuda to New York.

The breadth and depth of my experience  results in detailed and concise pre purchase, condition and insurance survey reports.

Work carried out in accordance with YDSA code of practice
Full Professional Indemnity Insurance
Contact  Portugal-Spain Marine Surveys on :  
[email protected]
 +351 925 185 615 (Portugal)/ +44 7785 971 503 (UK)