Marine SurveysCondition, systems and damage, documented by an accredited surveyor.Condition · Insurance · Repair & Refit · New constructionExplore marine surveys →
Certified AppraisalsSupported vessel values built on condition and comparable sales.Fair Market · Liquidation · After Repair · Donation · ImportationExplore appraisals →
Expert Witness & LitigationClear technical and valuation evidence for disputes and claims.Case preparation · Depositions · Testimony · Forensic analysisExplore litigation support →
Insurance ProfessionalsPre-loss values, damage assessments and after-repair opinions.For insurers & adjusters →
Banks & Marine LendersCollateral values, refinance and liquidation scenarios.For lenders →
Maritime AttorneysExpert opinions, diminution in value and testimony.For legal teams →
Yacht ManagementCondition, refit planning and value across a fleet.For managers & owners →
To give owners and the professionals who advise them a clear, supported understanding of a vessel’s condition and value.
To be the most trusted independent voice on vessel value, anywhere a decision depends on it.
THE RIGHT EXPERTISE FOR THE DECISION AHEAD
All servicesREAL PEOPLE. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
About VVSAbout Vessel Value Survey
Vessel Value Survey brings decades of yacht-market knowledge and hands-on marine engineering together in a single assessment, so owners, lenders, insurers and attorneys can act with confidence.
The team
VVS was built by two professionals who spent their careers on and around yachts: one studying what vessels sell for, the other inspecting how they are built, maintained and repaired.
Jason Dunbar’s background as a yacht captain, sailing instructor and yacht broker gives him an unusually deep record of real sale prices. Mark Geddis, an Accredited Marine Surveyor and former Royal Navy engineer, brings the technical eye. Paul Hite adds practical shipyard, rigging and damage-assessment experience. Together, they see the whole vessel: its condition, its market and what both mean for your decision.
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From Vessel Value Survey
“With over 50 years of combined experience as the principal of a yacht brokerage and marine surveying company, we deliver appraisals rooted in comparative methods, market trends, and an understanding of condition. Every valuation integrates a vessel’s exact condition with real-time comparable sales data, providing defendable market values and projected costs of ownership, giving clarity on the asset’s worth yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”Vessel Value Survey
Our story in 71 seconds
“I’ve been a yacht broker for over 30 years collecting data on what yachts sell for.”Jason Dunbar, Co-owner
Who
Co-owners Jason Dunbar and Mark Geddis, with specialists in damage assessment, rigging, hydraulics and shipyard refit costs.
What
Condition and value surveys, certified appraisals and expert-witness support, from fair market value to forced liquidation and after-repair values.
Where
Offices in Fort Lauderdale and Newport, working wherever the vessel is: in the water, on the hard or in the yard.
When
Before a purchase or refinance, after a loss or a repair, for a donation or import, and whenever value is disputed.
How
Every report combines market trends and comparable sales with a close analysis of the vessel’s actual condition.
Why
Because a number without context isn’t an answer. Our clients need to understand the value, and to defend it.
Mission
Our mission is to give owners and the professionals who advise them a clear, well-supported understanding of a vessel’s condition and value, explained in plain language and built to stand up to scrutiny.
Vision
We want every lender, insurer, attorney and owner who works with VVS to make their next decision with complete confidence in the facts behind it.
Independent
We report what the vessel and the market show us, whoever commissioned the work.
Evidence-led
Comparable sales, market trends and documented condition, with assumptions stated clearly.
Personal
No call centers or hand-offs. The person who inspects the vessel explains the findings.
Meet the specialists
Explore each specialist’s background, credentials and full professional record.
A former yacht captain and sailing instructor whose decades as a broker built a deep record of what yachts actually sell for.
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More than 30 years as a marine surveyor and chief engineering inspector, focused on structure, systems and condition.
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Practical shipyard experience and knowledge of sails, rigging and associated systems, applied to damage and insurance work.
Full profile & CV →Standards & credentials
Surveys are led by an Accredited Marine Surveyor with the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors, and appraisals are prepared in line with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
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