Lemonbuoy
yacht specialists
We provide expert, premium yacht services to discerning yachtsmen in the Mediterranean looking for turnkey solutions to facilitate their next project.
Surveyors
We are qualified yacht surveyors, naval architects and yacht masters – members of prestigious institutes and classification societies, authorised to conduct flag surveys on behalf of a wide range of flags. Concurrently, we enjoy wide recognition from reputable insurers, and financial institutions.
Pre-purchase / condition surveys
Valuation Surveys
Insurance/Finance Surveys
Marine Warranty Surveys
Damage Surveys
Tonnage Surveys
Standing Rigging Surveys
Hull Moisture Surveys
Documents only / desk top valuations
Consultants
We empower our clients with market intelligence reports enabling them to take informed decisions on their next purchase or sale; while providing contractual support during the process and assist in the negotiations. Moreover, we undertake flag registrations, manage the placement of the yacht’s insurance covers; as well as transport the yacht to her home berth.
Market Analysis
Yacht acquisition planning
Sale and Purchase
Flag Selection and Registration
Insurance management
Budgeting / Issuance of Budget Books
Compliance with flag regulations
Corporate registrations
Owners’ Representatives
With a number of newbuild and refit projects in our portfolio, as well as an established network of selected yacht brokers, insurers, agents, managers and yards by our side; we pride ourselves in being able to provide full support as Owner’s representatives, always in line with the industry’s best practices.
Yard Selection and Negotiation
Refit and Drydock Supervision
Project management
Planned Maintenance Drafting and Implementation
Purchasing of Spares, Fuel, and custom interior items
Agent nomination and disbursement settlement
Voyage planning
Our Portfolio
70+ Yachts surveyed
50+ Flag registrations and corporate setups
€ 100mil+ Yacht sales negotiated / Valuated
5+ high-profile projects
authorized surveyors for 15+ flags
listed/ approved/ preferred surveyors by 5+ insurers
approved surveyors by financial institutions
Our Team
Alexander Damaskinos
Alexander holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Ship Science (Naval Architecture), and a Master of Science in Shipping and Logistics. Moreover, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered shipbrokers (FICS), an Associate of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (AssocRINA), a Chartered Marine Technologist (CMarTech), a Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (MIMarEst), an Associated Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb), and a Full Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (MIIMS). Moreover, he also holds an MCA Master 200/OOW 500 (STCW II/2) Certificate of Competence.
Professionally, Alexander boasts over a decade of experience in high profile projects spanning across a wide range of disciplines in the shipping and yachting industry.
Alexander has been a keen sailor from a very young age and continues to sail passionately at every opportunity.
Agesilaos Eliades
Agesilaos has been an active sailor and RYA skipper for the past decade. His favorite sailing grounds span from the Ionian to Central Aegean. He joined forces with Lemonbuoy from the onset of their Yacht Management operations. He continues to be involved in Yacht Management and has an active role in the sales and purchase of yachts as well. Concurrently, he is in charge of analytics and feasibility operations relating to Yacht acquisition investment schemes.
He possesses more than 10 years of experience in actuarial valuations, data analysis, reform and feasibility studies and budget projection. Prior to joining Lemonbuoy, he served as Senior Assistant Actuary and Partner at I.E. Muhanna & Co where he advised on the obligations and funding requirements of defined benefit Pension Schemes and defined contribution Schemes with combined assets exceeding €1.5 bn.
Eliades earned his BSc degree in Mathematics and Actuarial Science from Southampton University (UK).