A managedcare programfor serious boats.

Who this is for

Boats that are too large, too complex, or too valuable to be looked after on an ad-hoc basis. A 48ft flybridge has teak, multiple deck levels, a hardtop, enclosure canvas, an engine room, tender, davit, air conditioning, watermaker and a couple of hundred stainless fittings — all degrading on different clocks. Booking a detail twice a year does not manage that.

It's also for owners who simply don't want to manage vendors. Most yacht owners are coordinating a detailer, a mechanic, a canvas company, an electronics tech and a yard, and are effectively working as their own project manager. This program means one call.

What the program covers

• Scheduled exterior wash, dry and waterline care at your chosen frequency
• Interior care: soles, upholstery, heads, galley, staterooms
• Protection cycle management — wax, sealant or ceramic topper on schedule
• Teak cleaning, brightening and oiling or sealing as specified
• Stainless and brightwork polishing and sealing on rotation
• Isinglass and enclosure care with plastic-safe products only
• Engine room rinse, dry, degrease and corrosion inhibitor
• Bilge cleaning and pump function checks
• Anode inspection and replacement scheduling
• Canvas, upholstery and sealant condition reporting
• Pre-trip readiness prep and post-charter turnaround
• Storm prep: canvas strike, hatch checks, lines and fenders

How the program is run

1. 1. Full vessel survey

   We document every surface and system with photos and build a condition baseline — including the things that are already failing, so nothing gets blamed on us later or ignored.

2. 2. Care plan

   A written annual plan: what happens weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually, with the protection cycle and haul-out windows mapped in.

3. 3. Assigned crew

   The same team every visit. On larger vessels that means people who know where your shore power runs, which hatch leaks, and which fender rubs.

4. 4. Reporting

   Photo report after every visit and a quarterly condition summary flagging anything that needs a decision or a specialist.

5. 5. Vendor coordination

   We schedule and supervise mechanics, canvas, electronics and yard work so you're not chasing five contractors. You approve; we coordinate.

6. 6. Documented history

   Everything is logged. At resale, a complete maintenance record is one of the few things that reliably moves the number in your favour.

Typical service cadence

Why documented care pays for itself

Two identical boats hit the brokerage market and one has a folder: service records, photos, coating warranties, anode replacements, corrective work. That boat surveys cleaner, negotiates harder and sells faster. The other one gets discounted for everything a surveyor finds.

Between resale value, avoided corrections, and the corrosion problems caught at the point where they cost a hundred dollars rather than several thousand, a managed program is not a luxury line item. It's the cheaper way to own the boat.

What it costs

Every program is custom. Pricing depends on length, layout, teak, storage, use pattern and how much vendor coordination you want. We survey the boat, propose a written annual plan, and quote a flat monthly figure with the scheduled deep work included.

• Vessel survey & written care plan

  credited against the first month
  from $450
• Managed care — 40–55ft
  Custom monthly
• Managed care — 55ft+
  Custom monthly
• Charter / high-use turnaround programs
  Custom

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