About AC Yacht & Boat Surveyors
AC Yacht & Boat Surveyors was founded by Angus Corry, a sailor and marine surveyor with over 40 years of practical experience working with a wide variety of vessels. Angus built his knowledge through decades of hands-on work — refitting, maintaining and surveying craft of many different types and construction — before completing the Yacht and Small Craft Surveying course with the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) and qualifying as a professional marine surveyor.
Under Angus, the business established a strong reputation across the North of England and Scotland for clear, practical reporting and straightforward professional service. That reputation is built on a simple principle: give clients the information they need, in plain language, to make confident decisions.
Mike Hunter has worked closely alongside Angus and is taking on the day-to-day running of the business, bringing the same commitment to independent, honest surveying that AC Yacht & Boat Surveyors has always been known for. Angus remains involved with the business in a compliance and advisory capacity, ensuring the professional standards and expertise built over four decades continue to underpin every survey carried out.
Based in Dearham near Maryport, Cumbria, AC Yacht & Boat Surveyors continues to provide independent marine surveys for buyers, owners and insurers across the UK.
Marine Surveys Where You Need Them
Surveys can be arranged at marinas, boatyards, moorings, inland waterways, harbours and other suitable locations. Whether your boat is based locally or elsewhere in the UK, we are happy to discuss the location and confirm whether attendance can be arranged.
Supporting Boat Owners, Buyers and Insurers
We provide surveys for a wide range of purposes, including pre-purchase, insurance, valuation and condition reporting. If you are unsure which type of survey is most suitable, we can advise based on the vessel, its location and the reason the survey is needed.
Planning Your Survey
When making an enquiry, it helps to provide the vessel type, make and model if known, length, age, current location and the reason for the survey. This allows us to advise on the most suitable survey and confirm whether attendance can be arranged for your area.
Areas Covered
AC Yacht & Boat Surveyors is based in Dearham near Maryport, Cumbria, and carries out independent marine surveys across the North of England, Scotland and the wider UK. Led by Mike Hunter with more than 40 years of experience, surveys can be arranged at marinas, boatyards, harbours, inland waterways, lakes and canals throughout the region and beyond.
UK Wide and International
While the primary coverage area is Northern England and Scotland, surveys can be arranged throughout the UK. International surveys have also been undertaken, including work in Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Ireland. If your vessel is located outside the core coverage area, please get in touch to discuss whether attendance can be arranged.
North East England
Regular survey work is carried out across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Durham and Teesside, including Amble, Blyth, Hartlepool, Kielder, Newcastle, Gateshead, Friars Goose, Royal Quays, North Shields, South Shields, St Peters, Sunderland and Seaham.
Lake District, Cumbria and North West
From the home base in Dearham near Maryport, surveys are regularly carried out across the Lake District and North West coast, including Windermere, Bowness on Windermere, Coniston, Ullswater, Derwent Water, Whitehaven, Maryport, Glasson, Fleetwood, Preston and across the Solway Firth.
Scotland
Survey work is carried out extensively across South East and South West Scotland, including Edinburgh, Leith, Granton, Fisherrow, Port Edgar, Port Seton, Dalgety Bay, Burntisland, Anstruther, North Berwick, Dunbar, Eyemouth, St Abbs, and across the Firth of Forth. West coast locations include Troon, Ardrossan, Largs, Inverkip, Rhu, Loch Lomond, Loch Creran, Oban and Dunstaffnage, and across the Firth of Clyde.
Yorkshire
Surveys are carried out across the Yorkshire coast and inland waterways network, including Whitby, Scarborough, Bridlington, Hull, Grimsby, Brough, Goole, South Ferriby, North Ferriby, Winteringham, York, Naburn, Boroughbridge, Ripon, Selby, Doncaster, Skipton, Bingley, Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Todmorden, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge and the Aire and Calder Navigation, Ouse and Ure, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
