02/09/2026
Every yacht comes with an engine log. Almost none come with a paint history.
We measure coating thickness before we touch a hull. On most boats, nobody can tell us what was applied, in how many coats, or how much has already been polished away over the years.
So the information that matters most is missing exactly where it matters most: at the moment someone decides how much can safely be corrected.
The consequences are quiet but expensive. Either the work stays too cautious and the finish never reaches what it could have been. Or it goes too far, and film thickness that cannot be replaced is gone for good.
Engine hours are tracked to the decimal. Paint, the largest and most visible asset on the vessel, is tracked by memory and by whoever happened to be standing there at the time.
We hand over a written record on every project: products used, layers applied, thickness readings, care instructions. It costs almost nothing and it protects the vessel long after we have left.
Captains, managers, surveyors: how often does coating documentation actually arrive with a boat?
