HullNote is an iPhone app for marine surveyors. It guides you through a system-by-system checklist where you mark each item inspected, not inspected or not applicable, rate its condition, type a note and attach photos. It works with no signal, and produces a PDF with a cover page, your letterhead and a photo appendix. It's free for one vessel, and Pro costs $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 once.
If you're looking at HullNote, you want to finish the survey on the boat. Axsail does that without the typing. You talk through the boat, and each finding is written for you, with its recommendation and priority.
Why surveyors choose Axsail
The finding is written for you
Most of the time spent on a report goes into turning observations into findings: what it is, where it is, what you measured, what should be done and how urgent it is. A checklist records that you looked. Axsail writes the finding from what you said. "Port engine raw water seacock seized, replace before the vessel goes back in the water." Usually you correct a word or two and confirm.
No typing on a phone screen
Typing a 40-page report on a phone, with wet hands in an engine room, is where the evenings go. With Axsail you speak, the phone stays in your pocket, and you only take it out for photos.
Recommendations an insurer or buyer can act on
A condition rating says how something looks. A recommendation with a priority says what to do and when. Axsail gives every finding both, and collects them into the summary of recommendations that buyers, brokers and underwriters read first.
Finish at a desk, on a big screen
Review every finding and photo in a browser on any computer, Mac or Windows, then issue the signed PDF with your logo and particulars.
Try it on your next survey
New accounts get 4 free credits for 6 months, no card needed. Record your next survey on Axsail and compare the draft with the report you'd normally write. Start free.
