Sorensen Maritime, LLC
Seaworthy, Crew-Worthy Vessels — by Design
Sorensen Maritime provides independent advisory services to yacht owners, commercial operators, and government clients focused on real-world seaworthiness, crew workload, and operational safety.
Our work centers on how vessels are actually used—at sea, in heavy weather, and around the dock—helping owners and operators make design, layout, and operational decisions that materially affect safety, comfort, and mission effectiveness over time.
What We Do
Sorensen Maritime focuses on how vessels actually perform at sea, under real-world operating conditions, crew workloads, and decision-making pressure.
We work with:
Yacht owners and buyers
Commercial operators and fleet managers
Government and institutional clients
Our work has the greatest impact when conducted early—before designs are finalized, contracts are awarded, or vessels are accepted—when even seemingly minor decisions can lock in long-term operational consequences.
Sorensen Maritime provides independent, operator-focused, early-stage design and acquisition support. Our work focuses on vessel seaworthiness, functionality, safety of operation, and crew workload, including operator cognitive demand, sensory-attentional load, physical effort, and fatigue accumulation over time.
We also work with clients planning mid-life vessel upgrades, where meaningful functional improvements can often be made efficiently, and with buyers of used vessels, assessing real-world functionality and suitability as part of due-diligence and acquisition decisions.
Why This Matters
Many vessels meet their original specifications. The more important question is whether those specifications adequately address the design details that matter most to the crew and to the mission over the vessel’s lifetime. Too often, they do not—because critical operational requirements were insufficiently defined during the design phase. Sometimes the reason is simple - and quite understandable. For instance, it’s easier to specify and measure top speed than it is low-speed responsiveness to the helm end engines.
Seemingly small decisions involving helm sightlines and ergonomics, deck layout, motion behavior, control placement, and workload distribution can materially affect safety, fatigue, and mission success. These factors are frequently overlooked until they become consequential—and very difficult to correct.
Sorensen Maritime focuses on identifying those risks, and practical ways to address them, early—when they can still be solved efficiently.
How Clients Typically Engage
Clients most often engage Sorensen Maritime early—before designs are finalized, vessels are purchased, or operational assumptions are locked in.
Initial conversations are informal and focused on fit, scope, and timing.
For a detailed description of services and engagement approach, see Services.
Start a Conversation
If you’re evaluating a vessel, planning a new build or refit, or reassessing operational performance, an initial conversation can help determine whether an advisory engagement makes sense.