what to do now?

[mwph]

Good call on hiring the fiberglass guy & on your decision to move forward all together. I for one think you made the right one. This way you will at least get to use the boat that caused you to learn such a costly lesson. (no survey)


Hopefully the rot will not be extensive & you can be on the water before too long. Again, good luck.

 

[keokie]

I'll put on my flame suit.... There....

Now, I can't speak for the rest of the country, but out here there aren't many surveyors, and I have yet to find one worth paying. Every single time I have seen a report on a boat I know or have viewed, I am amazed at how rotten the survey has been. This is both mechanical and structural. I am stunned at the very obvious and serious things missed, as well as what is noted incorrectly as problematic.

These surveys were done by certified marine surveyors, some of whom came from southern California.

I would be very, very hard pressed to spend significant money on a boat I could not survey myself. They are likely better in other areas of the country, but I still wonder. I have seen plenty of threads over the years on this board and others about important things that should not have been missed in the survey.

 

[gerryb]

How much is the boat worth if it was repaired and working properly/safely? How much rot is there? My initial reaction was to cut my losses unless there is very little rot to deal with and the boat has some value on the market.

 

[nathan005]

B. break
O. out
A. another
T. thousand


:smt021

 

[tdschafer]

I'll put on my flame suit.... There....

Now, I can't speak for the rest of the country, but out here there aren't many surveyors, and I have yet to find one worth paying. Every single time I have seen a report on a boat I know or have viewed, I am amazed at how rotten the survey has been. This is both mechanical and structural. I am stunned at the very obvious and serious things missed, as well as what is noted incorrectly as problematic.

These surveys were done by certified marine surveyors, some of whom came from southern California.

I would be very, very hard pressed to spend significant money on a boat I could not survey myself. They are likely better in other areas of the country, but I still wonder. I have seen plenty of threads over the years on this board and others about important things that should not have been missed in the survey.

I agree! I have also seen some poor surveys on boats as well as homes ( Apples & Oranges, I know). When I bought my boat last Feb. It was in Jersey. I took my friend, who is also my mechanic of more than 20 years and drove over. He looked over the bilge etc. for about an hour checking many things....We obviously could not run it but he noted the general cond. of the ER and the overall cond of the boat and felt good about its care. I rec'vd some maint records and paid the man. It was a risk but worked out well. Todd