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Tony GagliardoMarine Surveyor / Naval Architect
Yacht consulting
Experienced advice for buying, improving, using and maintaining your yacht.
Remote technical support · Naval architecture · Marine surveys
35 years of marine experience · 60,000 ocean miles
Start with what you need
Your boat. Your plans. A practical next step.
Considering a boat?
Bring me a candidate. Understand its suitability, survey findings and likely corrective work before deciding.
Buyer advice →Planning repairs or upgrades?
Work through equipment choices, installation proposals, estimates and priorities for your refit.
Refit & equipment advice →Have a technical problem?
Start with a focused call. If it needs measurements, research or further review, we can define a small project.
Technical consulting →Building or refitting a yacht?
Get independent technical support, construction-stage reviews and a practical boatbuilding perspective on your side of the yard.
New builds & owner representation →Need analysis or design?
Discuss a modification, technical analysis or redesign, including approval support where the project requires it.
Naval architecture →Need a marine survey?
Discuss a pre-purchase, insurance or condition inspection, with attendance arranged for your yacht’s location.
Marine surveys →Registering a yacht?
Arrange tonnage measurement and direct support for owners, brokers and closing agents.
Tonnage surveys →
Practical advice backed by experience
Naval Architecture Experience
Involved in the design of pleasure and commercial boats from 30 to 250 feet. Worked in a small three-man design team and for the largest production boat manufacturer in the world.
Diverse Building Experience
Overseen vessels constructed in wood, aluminum, steel, and composites. Worked with others on the development of machine-produced mold tooling and closed molding techniques.
Yachting Experience
35 years of experience and 60,000 ocean miles operating in the Gulf, Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean waters. Have lived full-time aboard our sailing yacht since 2017.
Independent advice
I work for you, with practical advice focused on your yacht, your plans and your interests when dealing with sellers, brokers, yards and equipment suppliers.
Location & availability
Mediterranean attendance. International remote support.
Yacht surveys and technical support in the Mediterranean by arrangement, including agreed travel for assignments in Licata and across Sicily. Remote tonnage support and technical consulting for international owners, brokers and closing agents.
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