An owner’s technical advocate, from contract to delivery.
Carlin and Company provides independent owner representation across refits, new builds, and ownership transitions — bringing the structure of commercial maritime into projects that have outgrown informal practice.
What we do
Engagements 
Pre-Yard Alignment Review
A focused review before yard entry. Scope, cost exposure, and decision authority examined while changes are still inexpensive.
Retained Advisory
A standing technical advisor to the owner — engaged for the life of the vessel, not a single project.
Owner Representation
Sustained involvement across new build programs, from contract through sea trials and delivery.
Why it matters We help owners enter complex projects with a clear, documented position, so scope, cost, and decision authority are settled before steel is cut — not after.
Most refit problems are not created in the yard. They’re carried into it. The work we do surfaces those gaps while they’re still inexpensive to fix.
The discipline comes from the commercial side.
Commercial maritime operates under documented structure: class survey, regulated change control, mandatory documentation at every level. Nothing runs on assumption. Carlin and Company brings that same rigor to owner-side yacht projects, where complexity has outpaced the practices the industry was built on.
How the work runsExceptional Attention, Discipline Protects The Vision
Independent
Accountable to one position: the owner’s.
Documented
Structure and paper discipline from day one.
Embedded
In the room where decisions are made, not managing from a distance.
Let’s begin the conversation.
Whether you’re entering a refit, commissioning a new build, or navigating an ownership transition, the earliest conversations are the most valuable. Reach out and we will find the right starting point.