Managed repairs
Repairs sourced, overseen, and reviewed before you approve them
When a vendor is needed, choosing the right one and understanding a quote is critical. Vantage sources vendors from a trusted network, puts licensed eyes on bids, and oversees the job from start to finish.
What Vantage does
Vantage completes basic repairs and improvements that would typically be completed by a full-time captain. For tasks requiring a skilled tradesperson, Vantage sources licensed and insured specialist.
Placing your vessel under management means that you do not have to learn which specialist to call, let them on to the boat, compare quotes, oversee work, and pay invoices. The entire process is handled by Vantage.
A standard repair process
The same basic steps, every time.
- Step 1
The problem is documented
It usually surfaces on a weekly visit, with photos and a written note the same day. You get a plain reading of how urgent it is and what happens if it waits, before anyone is called.
- Step 2
The right vendor is sourced
From Vantage's own network of yards, mechanics, divers, electronics techs, canvas shops, and detailers in that market. The vendor is chosen for the job and the boat, not for who happens to answer the phone.
- Step 3
The bid is reviewed independently
Before it reaches you for approval, the quote gets a second set of licensed eyes. Scope, hours, parts, and what has been left out. This is the step no vendor provides.
- Step 4
You approve, or you do not
Nothing is authorized on your boat without your written approval. If the recommendation is to defer, you get that too, along with what deferring costs.
- Step 5
The work is overseen
Vantage meets the vendor at the boat, watches the work happen, and checks it before it is signed off. You are not driving down to unlock a hatch or taking someone's word that it was done.
- Step 6
Work is logged
Work completed, invoice, parts, and dates are logged in the YachtWave owner portal. So the yacht's history follows her rather than living in vendor's filing systems.
The vendor network
A vendor network is not a directory. It is knowing which mechanic actually understands your engines, which yard will hit a haul-out date in season, which diver will tell you the truth about the bottom, and which shop to avoid on a job like yours.
That knowledge is market by market, which is why the city pages exist: Fort Lauderdale, Miami, the Palm Beaches, and the Maine coast each have their own set of yards and technicians.
- Diesel and gas mechanics
- Outboard and repower specialists
- Marine electricians and electronics technicians
- Fiberglass, gelcoat, and paint shops
- Divers for bottom cleaning and running gear
- Canvas, upholstery, and isinglass shops
- Refrigeration and air conditioning techs
- Riggers and hydraulics specialists
- Haul-out yards and marine surveyors
Common questions
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- Does Vantage do the repair work?
- No. Vantage sources, coordinates, oversees, and reviews. The engine work, the fiberglass, the electronics, the diving, and the coatings are done by independent vendors who are licensed and insured for that trade.
- What does independent bid review actually mean?
- It means someone with no stake in the quote being higher reads it before you approve it. Bids are compared between reputable vendors ensuring you receive the highest quality of work at the most competitive prices.
- Can I use my own mechanic?
- Yes. Plenty of owners have a relationship they trust and want kept. Vantage coordinates with your vendor, meets them at the boat, and still reviews the bid before you approve it.
- Do I need a management retainer for this?
- Managed repairs work best alongside a retainer, because the weekly visit is what catches the problem early and the maintenance record is what makes the bid review sharper. A single project can also be handled on its own.
- What about a large project rather than one repair?
- That is refit and project management, which extends the same discipline, scope, bids, oversight, and a punch list, across a whole job with several vendors and a schedule.
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