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Can anyone recommend a surveyor in Southern Maryland? My intention was to use Mike Previti but I am unable to contact him (left VM, e-mail, etc...)
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Can anyone recommend a surveyor in Southern Maryland? My intention was to use Mike Previti but I am unable to contact him (left VM, e-mail, etc...)
Man, that sucks, and is exactly what I was afraid of after looking at your pictures. Unfortunately I have nothing to offer for dealing with the insurance. I will relay this story though, maybe it'll help.
I purchased a 1995 270 DA from a reputable dealer in Cincinnati back in 1998. The boat appeared to be in pristine shape, and I enjoyed a full season on it with no problems. The next spring, I noticed little spider web cracks from the top of the gunnel to about midship from the windshield back to the stern. I took the boat to a trusted fiberglass repair guy, who tore the upholstery up and found evidence of a previous repair. The entire port side of the boat had been caved in at one time, my surveryor, a cincinnati local (highly recommended) missed it completely, but then so did I, as there were no cracks until the following spring.
First thing I did was go back to the dealer, and confronted them, boat in trail. The claimed they knew nothing about it, but would try to find out from the previous owner. Of course, the PO lied, but the dealer was able to get the service records from the outfit in Rogers City, that did the repair. A tornado had struck and a 100 year old tree fell on the boat and crushed it, six months prior to selling it to me. I wondered why a Minnesota boat was down in Cincinnati for sale at the time, now I knew why.
Well, my insurance didn't do diddly to cover it, but the dealer in Cincy was able to convince the dealer in Rogers to redo the repairs free of charge. The only cost I incurred was getting the boat up there. I didn't feel that I should be stuck with that, but didn't want to complain when the cost to repair the boat was going to be in the thousands. That boat was repaired, and to this day, it has held up. (It is kept locally)
So, I would submit, that your first action would be to confront anyone and everyone who has blocked the boat during it's lifetime and try to get them to fess up. Talk to your insurance company also, they may suprise you. Lastly, the boat is repairable, so once the repair is complete, forget about it, and don't let it spoil your feelings for your beloved boat.
Dropping a boat and causing that much damage would have also caused some physical damage to the exterior of the boat. Did you notice any evidence of an external repair like fine cracking in the gelcoat radiating away from the impact site?
Did you or the surveyor sand away any bottom paint to see evidence of external damage?