About us
The cornerstones
of our services
Needs-based advice
Buying a boat can be quite a challenge, especially for beginners.
We are here to help and advise you at every stage and will do our best to make you a happy owner.
Transparency and fairness
Transparent prices without small-print cost drivers guarantee that you always know what you are paying for.
Discretion and integrity
You can expect absolute honesty from us at all times.
We know our skills as well as our limits and will never sell you “hot air”.
Long-term commitment
Our commitment to you does not end with the submission of the expert opinion.
We are also there for you at any time if you need an independent opinion in the event of problems.
Expertise is important when assessing the condition of a boat.
However, passion for the cause is the key essence to help you become a happy skipper.
Ing.
Ingolf Schneider, MASc (AffiIIMS, AssocRINA)
Certified surveyor for boats and yachts up to 24m (LLoyds Maritime Academy, Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology, American Boat and Yacht Council).
Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the International Institute of Marine Surveyors)
appraiser
WITH BODY AND SOUL
Let me briefly tell you why I’m doing this job.
Don’t worry!
I won’t bore you with statements like “it’s more of a vocation than a profession” or similar banalities.
I’ll limit myself much more to a (short) story that life wrote.
Basically, it’s quite simple: I do it to earn a living for myself and my family.
And because it’s too much of a waste of my time to do this with an activity I don’t like, I do it this way.
If I remember correctly, I was just 8 years old when a friend of my father’s gave me my first opportunity to get a taste of the rough sea air and feel the spray on my face from the helm.
Well – the sea air was only a gentle Danube breeze and the helm was actually the pillion seat of a Semperit “Sprinter” inflatable boat, but no matter – for me it was pure adventure (after all, the Danube still had a real current back then).
And my enthusiasm for boats was awakened for good.
Shortly afterwards, the first family-owned boat followed: a 14-foot runabout, in which I also experienced my first stranding on a gravel bank thanks to a stubborn 2-stroke outboard.
Two years later, a Schulze 17V, with which we made the canals around Bibione unsafe (sorry to all the fishermen we swept off their stools back then – unfortunately, we didn’t know any better at the time).
And finally, towards the middle of the 80s, a Fjord 21 Weekender, in which we chugged from Punat to Dubrovnik without a care in the world.
I deliberately say “chugged” because we had about 10 cm of algae growth on the hull and, as saltwater greenhorns, could only wonder why the thing didn’t want to glide when it took off like a rocket during the test drive.
And finally, in the early 90s, we ended up with a 43 Bayliner, which still serves our family well today.
In between, of course, there were countless hours spent in engine rooms and bilges (sometimes in postures normally only seen in acrobatic performances), but all in all, I have probably spent the vast majority of the best moments of my life on boats.
And along the way, I’ve been able to acquire know-how that doesn’t just come from dry textbooks, but from over 25 years of practical experience.
Experience that I am happy to share with you today to make you a happy skipper too.
So don’t be shy!
Let’s just talk without obligation about how I can do this in your specific case.
Yours sincerely, Ing.
Ingolf Schneider, MASc(AssocRINA)
STOP DREAMING
START BOATING!
