Does it meet the mission?
Guests, crew, draft, berths, range, layout, cruising area, use calendar and target delivery date.
Vessel decisions, organized by evidence.
A research board for evaluating a yacht without claiming live listings, subscriptions, prior transactions or independent professional credentials.
Prepare a private brief Back to Yacht homeSix questions before any mandate.
Each category requires a traceable answer or is marked as an unresolved information gap.
What does ownership cost?
Purchase, financing assumptions, refit, annual running cost, replacement reserves and downside scenarios.
Is the price defensible?
Dated comparable vessels, verified status, condition differences and realistic liquidity constraints.
What needs inspecting?
Marine survey scope, systems, class, records, sea trial, hidden liabilities and remedial work.
Who has authority?
Owner mandate, brokerage status, legal parties, sanctions checks, escrow and closing responsibilities.
What happens afterward?
Management choices, operating budget, insurance, survey calendar, future refits and exit plan.
A claim is not the same as proof.
The decision board should treat publicly available information as unverified until an appropriate source confirms it.
Public information
Vendor marketing, advertised asking price, specification sheets, broker profiles and articles. Dated and attributed.
Documents checked
Current registry/class documents, authorized listing, agreed survey report, verified comparable outcome or other direct evidence.
External opinion
Surveyor, lawyer, naval architect, insurer or independent valuer provides an opinion under a defined engagement.
What clients should receive.
Each document must state date, objective, source, assumptions, unresolved conditions and responsible specialist.
Executive vessel comparison
At-a-glance fit, costs, risk flags and questions for each vessel.
Indicative market brief
Comparable research and price context with asking/sold separation.
Diligence tracker
Scope of survey, documents received, missing evidence and action owner.
Owner action roadmap
Responsibility map for charter-free ownership, operational providers, refits and reviews.
Separate the owner decision from specialist certification.
Avelora documents the decision process and coordinates external providers. Independent brokerage, marine surveying, legal, class, insurance and technical work remains with appropriately qualified professionals.
Role clarity
Identify the advisory mandate, any brokerage role, fees, conflicts and authorised professional responsibilities before work starts.
Evidence trail
Record vessel data sources, timestamps, owner permissions, survey status and unresolved assumptions. An asking price is not a completed sale.
Specialists decide
Marine surveyors, licensed practitioners and valuers issue and sign their own reports. Avelora coordinates, does not certify.