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Holmes Marine provides pre-purchase surveys, insurance risk inspections, valuations and claims assessment, with its NSW office at Newport on Pittwater.
Service area: Pittwater, Sydney and Australia-wide attendance by arrangement
Holmes Marine is a marine surveying and consultancy company led by principal surveyor David Holmes.
Its services include pre-purchase surveys, insurance risk inspections, valuations, claims assessment and management, expert reports and dispute-resolution reporting. The company lists surveyors in several states and describes travel across Australia.
The NSW office is located at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport. Contact the company to arrange attendance at your vessel and confirm the survey scope, report requirements and travel costs.
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Claim this listingBallina sits at the mouth of the Richmond River on NSW’s far‑north coast. It’s a working river entrance with a compact boat harbour, exposed ocean beaches and a changeable, sand‑dominated bar. For coastal cruisers it offers a useful stop between Tweed Heads and Yamba, sheltered estuary cruising upriver and easy access to open ocean passages — but the river entrance is highly condition‑dependent and demands respectful planning and local knowledge.
Before the season: confirm seaworthiness — hull, rig, engine, electrics, sails and safety gear — and replace or service wearable items. After the season: wash, dry and protect gear, service consumables and record what you did so the boat’s ready and reliable next season.
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Legal requirements can change — check Transport for NSW for the current rules. As a practical baseline for coastal day sailing from NSW shores: keep the right number and type of lifejackets for everyone, have a means of calling for help, show navigation lights if you’ll be out after dusk, and carry basic items to manage a man‑overboard or abandon‑ship situation. Add anchor, bilge/bailer, sun/protection and basic repair kit as recommended items.
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A good float plan and a well-stocked emergency kit significantly improve your chances of a safe outcome when cruising remote parts of South Australia’s coastline. The float plan should give someone ashore all the information they need to find you and raise help if you don’t return; the emergency kit should allow you to stabilise the boat, care for injuries, signal for rescue and survive until help arrives.
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Plan as a chain of conservative daily legs tied to your boat’s real-world fuel and speed in the expected sea state, with confirmed primary and alternate anchorages/berths, fuel legs and back-up fuel options, and a documented emergency/diversion plan (comms, tow and med-evac). Build tidal and weather gates into each leg and carry chart and comms redundancy.
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