I have bought 2 boats in the last 11 or 12 years.
Hired a surveyor for the first one…also my first boat purchase. No issues with the survey or the surveyor. He didn’t flag anything.
2nd boat, I had seen an earlier survey but hauled the boat for a “below the waterline“ survey. Not much of concern found.
I don’t feel either surveyor was incompetent, but I also don’t know that there was much value in the surveys, other than to satisfy the insurance company.
Both of these boats were under $30k.
I agree that the more I know about boats, the better and I certainly feel more confident “pre-inspecting“ a boat to qualify it.
Greg
Hired a surveyor for the first one…also my first boat purchase. No issues with the survey or the surveyor. He didn’t flag anything.
2nd boat, I had seen an earlier survey but hauled the boat for a “below the waterline“ survey. Not much of concern found.
I don’t feel either surveyor was incompetent, but I also don’t know that there was much value in the surveys, other than to satisfy the insurance company.
Both of these boats were under $30k.
I agree that the more I know about boats, the better and I certainly feel more confident “pre-inspecting“ a boat to qualify it.
Greg