Help! Cracking on deck of 2010 Hunter 33

[freeyoda]

Under contract on this boat and a survey was done within a year so I was going to skip survey. But I’m a little nervous about the cracking on the deck. Everything else on the boat is in amazing shape.
but on the forward port shroud deck plate I see a long stress crack on the rail. A smaller similar one on the starboard side same area. Also the port side has lots of spider cracks in the non slip texture that spreads out a bunch and into the flat decking. Boat is 15 years old stored in southern Cali sun so this could be normal but just curious what others think!

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

It would be a rare exception to find any 15 yr old boat with no stress cracks. Generally superficial.
The more troubling part of your post is your reliance on a previous survey. There are different types of surveys and different levels of thoroughness and obviously different levels of competence among surveyors.

If it was done for condition and value (. E.g., insurance) or if it was done by an owner or if it was done by some random surveyor, I wouldn’t place much value on its content.

 

[freeyoda]

Thanks! The boat sold to a guy last year he got a survey but his “admiral” wasn’t happy with sailing and wants a power boat. So it was detailed survey for a new buyer.

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

Thanks! The boat sold to a guy last year he got a survey but his “admiral” wasn’t happy with sailing and wants a power boat. So it was detailed survey for a new buyer.

Good. Just make sure that survey is acceptable to your insurance company. It may not be given it’s not current.

What you pictured appear to be stress cracks. No big deal.

 

[shemandr]

I don’t think a survey that you didn’t pay for will be useful to go after the seller for unseen deficiencies. Swiss cheese legally in my inexpert opinion

 

[freeyoda]

I think even if I had a survey and found issues later I wouldn’t be able to go after them.

 

[seadaddler]

My 07 H- 36 has many cracks all over

 

[Ward H]

A lot can happen to a boat in a year. Engine issues, running aground, etc.
You’re trusting the story of a stranger who is trying to get you to buy his boat. And you’re trusting a survey paid for the seller.
I suggest you have a current survey done by a surveyor who is working for you.

When I was looking for my boat I looked at a boat that had been surveyed the previous year and was reported as being good. When I was finally given a copy of the survey there were many deficiencies reported and none had been rectified.