Cabinet Ventaou Expert Maritime
Cabinet Ventaou Expert Maritime
Maritime Surveyor Plaisance
Modern & Traditional Yachts
Maritime Surveyor Plaisance
Modern & Traditional Yachts
"Steered by Tradition, Guided by Experience."
Sébastien Bitot
Maritime Expert & Naval Architect
Maritime Expert & Naval Architect
French Riviera & Greece
With over 20 years of experience in the nautical sector, Sébastien is at your service to meet your needs for expert assessments and advice, both for individuals and professionals. Navigating is, above all, a lifestyle where safety and respect for tradition are the key elements.
An expertise by a sailor for sailors.
Maritime expert specializing in boats, Including:
Maritime expert specializing in boats, Including:
Maritime expert specializing in boats, Including:
Maritime expertise
particuliers & professionals for
classic & traditional sailing boats
Maritime expertise
particuliers & professionals for classic & traditional sailing boats
We offer expert maritime surveys and consulting, ensuring your vessel’s safety, value, and compliance with industry standards.
From detailed evaluations of sailing boats to facilitating boat sales, our services are designed to cover all aspects of marine surveying.
Our expertise extends beyond the sail, offering assessments for motorboats and acting as a trusted broker for vessels vetted by us.
Pre-Transactional & Sale Boat Evaluation
Comprehensive assessment of your boat's condition, value, and maintenance needs. Gain expert insights to make informed buying or selling decisions.
Pre-Transactional & Sale Boat Evaluation
Comprehensive assessment of your boat's condition, value, and maintenance needs. Gain expert insights to make informed buying or selling decisions.
Pre-Transactional & Sale Boat Evaluation
Comprehensive assessment of your boat's condition, value, and maintenance needs. Gain expert insights to make informed buying or selling decisions.
Pre insurance
Detailed reports that help facilitate the insurance process, ensuring that your vessel is covered under the right policy terms.
Pre insurance
Detailed reports that help facilitate the insurance process, ensuring that your vessel is covered under the right policy terms.
Pre insurance
Detailed reports that help facilitate the insurance process, ensuring that your vessel is covered under the right policy terms.
Technical expertise
Complete structural and mechanical evaluations to assess the condition of your vessel and ensure its seaworthiness.
Technical expertise
Complete structural and mechanical evaluations to assess the condition of your vessel and ensure its seaworthiness.
Technical expertise
Complete structural and mechanical evaluations to assess the condition of your vessel and ensure its seaworthiness.
Buying Asistance & Advice
Showcasing expert support in selecting the right pleasure boat, with pre-visits to assess condition and ensure it meets your needs. An in-depth pre-transactional review confirms your choice with confidence.
Buying Asistance & Advice
Showcasing expert support in selecting the right pleasure boat, with pre-visits to assess condition and ensure it meets your needs. An in-depth pre-transactional review confirms your choice with confidence.
Buying Asistance & Advice
Showcasing expert support in selecting the right pleasure boat, with pre-visits to assess condition and ensure it meets your needs. An in-depth pre-transactional review confirms your choice with confidence.
Work Monitoring
Showcasing expert supervision for your boat’s renovation, ensuring the work is done according to the quote and regulations with full transparency and quality assurance throughout the process.
Work Monitoring
Showcasing expert supervision for your boat’s renovation, ensuring the work is done according to the quote and regulations with full transparency and quality assurance throughout the process.
Work Monitoring
Showcasing expert supervision for your boat’s renovation, ensuring the work is done according to the quote and regulations with full transparency and quality assurance throughout the process.
How Is a Maritime Survey Conducted?
How Is a
Maritime Survey
Conducted?
To carry out a thorough maritime survey, it is essential to prepare all relevant documents related to the vessel, such as the francization act, Written Declaration of Conformity (WDC) for CE-marked vessels, Owner’s Manual, maintenance records, and equipment purchase invoices.
To carry out a thorough maritime survey, it is essential to prepare all relevant documents related to the vessel, such as the francization act, Written Declaration of Conformity (WDC) for CE-marked vessels, Owner’s Manual, maintenance records, and equipment purchase invoices.
To carry out a thorough maritime survey, it is essential to prepare all relevant documents related to the vessel, such as the francization act, Written Declaration of Conformity (WDC) for CE-marked vessels, Owner’s Manual, maintenance records, and equipment purchase invoices.
Before starting the visual inspection, I address the key points to understand your specific needs and expectations.
Before starting the visual inspection, I address the key points to understand your specific needs and expectations.
Before starting the visual inspection, I address the key points to understand your specific needs and expectations.
During the survey, I perform a detailed series of checks and analyses, adapted to the type, category, and age of the vessel:
During the survey, I perform a detailed series of checks and analyses, adapted to the type, category, and age of the vessel:
During the survey, I perform a detailed series of checks and analyses, adapted to the type, category, and age of the vessel:
Hull structure (above and below the waterline)
Moisture testing
Hull equipment (intakes, shafts, sterndrives, propellers, rudder)
Deck and cockpit
Deck hardware, safety equipment
Sails and rigging
Engine(s) and auxiliaries
Hull valves, hoses, and clamps
Fuel tanks and fuel systems (hoses, clamps)
Steering system
Mooring equipment (windlass)
Bilge pumps (manual and electric)
Electrical systems (wiring, circuit breakers)
Firefighting systems (extinguishers, fire pumps)
Interior fittings and partitions
Navigation electronics
Additionally, hull thickness measurements using ultrasound are conducted on various materials (steel, aluminum, polyester) to determine actual thickness and identify potential weaknesses.
Additionally, hull thickness measurements using ultrasound are conducted on various materials (steel, aluminum, polyester) to determine actual thickness and identify potential weaknesses.
The vessel’s electronics, electrical systems, helm station, and rudder are inspected under navigational conditions.
The vessel’s electronics, electrical systems, helm station, and rudder are inspected under navigational conditions.
If requested by the client, I also conduct an oil analysis (engine, gearbox, hydraulic system, propeller shaft, etc.) following a precise protocol. The sample, sent to a specialized laboratory, helps detect unusual wear or technical anomalies in the mechanical components.
If requested by the client, I also conduct an oil analysis (engine, gearbox, hydraulic system, propeller shaft, etc.) following a precise protocol. The sample, sent to a specialized laboratory, helps detect unusual wear or technical anomalies in the mechanical components.
These results provide a refined understanding of the condition of rotating parts. For osmotic control, I use the TRAMEX tool to measure the moisture content of the hull’s underwater areas.
These results provide a refined understanding of the condition of rotating parts. For osmotic control, I use the TRAMEX tool to measure the moisture content of the hull’s underwater areas.
At the end of the survey, I provide a verbal summary of findings, and every mission includes the drafting and delivery of a detailed report for the client.
At the end of the survey, I provide a verbal summary of findings, and every mission includes the drafting and delivery of a detailed report for the client.
This pre-transactional survey aims to:
This pre-transactional survey aims to:
Assess the vessel’s real condition,
Respond to the client’s specific request,
Offer recommendations for necessary repairs or maintenance,
Determine the vessel’s accurate market value.
Each survey concludes with the delivery of a professional report, tailored to the client’s technical requirements, adhering to the highest standards of maritime ethics and expertise.
Each survey concludes with the delivery of a professional report, tailored to the client’s technical requirements, adhering to the highest standards of maritime ethics and expertise.
Whether you are a buyer or seller, my role is to serve the interests of all parties with complete integrity, impartiality, and transparency.
Whether you are a buyer or seller, my role is to serve the interests of all parties with complete integrity, impartiality, and transparency.
Navigating Your Questions with Clarity.
Find quick answers to common queries about our surveying services below. For more detailed information,
contact us directly.
Find quick answers to common queries about our surveying services below. For more detailed information,
contact us directly.
1. What types of boats do you survey?
1. What types of boats do you survey?
1. What types of boats do you survey?
2. What should I prepare before the survey?
2. What should I prepare before the survey?
2. What should I prepare before the survey?
3. How long does a typical survey take?
3. How long does a typical survey take?
3. How long does a typical survey take?
4. What does the survey report include?
4. What does the survey report include?
4. What does the survey report include?
5. What's the procedure of the expert report?
5. What's the procedure of the expert report?
5. What's the procedure of the expert report?
Get In Touch.
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+33 614 97 52 24
ventaou1@yahoo.fr
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