I recently bought a 1989 Hunter Legend 37, and had a survey done before the purchase so that I would know what I had. The boat was in good shape and while it hadn't been sailed last year, it had been sailed in the years prior to that by a through owner who had upgraded the sails and some other items. The survey came back with many recommendations which suited me fine for negotiating purposes, but now I am finding that they are causing a headache because the insurance company doesn't want to insure it because of the sheer number of items. I am interested in your thoughts about a couple of the items which seem to be factory original and therefore suitable in my mind.
1- "A 3" diameter vent should be installed from the bilge to the outside above the maximum heeled water line." Certainly nothing has been plugged up, has some new requirement been enacted since the boat was built?
2-"A permanently mounted automatic fire extinguishing system should be installed in the engine compartment or a vapor tight fire port for an extinguisher to be discharged through it"
3-"The house and starting batteries should be vented to the outside atmosphere using a 3" diameter hose"
4- 3 seperate recommendations to cover circuit protection between the batteries and the isolator switches, the batteries and the charger, and between the main 30 a breaker and the deck receptacle because it is more than 10'
Do any of these sound like the work of an over exuberant inspector, or are they reasonable grounds for addressing before she can be sailed and insured. There were 6 different recommendations about chafe protection for a variety of hoses and wires as well which are just the way they came from the factory more than 20 years ago!
Thanks, Dan
1- "A 3" diameter vent should be installed from the bilge to the outside above the maximum heeled water line." Certainly nothing has been plugged up, has some new requirement been enacted since the boat was built?
2-"A permanently mounted automatic fire extinguishing system should be installed in the engine compartment or a vapor tight fire port for an extinguisher to be discharged through it"
3-"The house and starting batteries should be vented to the outside atmosphere using a 3" diameter hose"
4- 3 seperate recommendations to cover circuit protection between the batteries and the isolator switches, the batteries and the charger, and between the main 30 a breaker and the deck receptacle because it is more than 10'
Do any of these sound like the work of an over exuberant inspector, or are they reasonable grounds for addressing before she can be sailed and insured. There were 6 different recommendations about chafe protection for a variety of hoses and wires as well which are just the way they came from the factory more than 20 years ago!
Thanks, Dan
