My boat is getting surveyed

dvx216

dvx216

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Feb 1, 2012
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Catawaba Island/Orrville,Oh.
Boat Info
340 Sundancer 2001
Engines
8.1s 370 v drv.
So I have an accepted offer for our 310 Da. This Monday our boats getting surveyed and a sea trail. I'm a little nervous about the whole thing. Boats has always been heated stored over the winter. The last two weekends I've spent taking care of some mechanical issues so it's running good. Besides cleaning the boat and Engine room up not sure what else I should doing to prepare the boat. Three seasons ago it had a value survey done and was fine then.
 
I just sold our house and I told real estate agent as is where is…. I’m not giving a dime. The house sold in 5 hours and the buyer wanted a survey…. I said knock yourself out but the price won’t change….. this guy was a survey natzi….. I think he broke shit to report stuff…. I didn’t budge on price
 
I don't think there's much more you can do other than clean things up. I always put a lot of attention in cleaning up the engine compartment, though mine were always clean to begin with. I think of it as if I was a buyer of this boat what would I look at, and then I go clean it or fix it.

I'm with @Blueone as well. Let the surveyor find what they'll find, and they will find stuff. Stupid shit like "we don't know how old a raw water hose is so you need to replace it". The surveyor has to justify their cost to the buyer. I never got anxious about surveys on my boat, it's for the buyer not for me.

I sprayed a bunch of febreze into the cabin the night before as well on my last boat because the cabin always had a strange odor.
 
Oh yea there is.
The buyer's insurance and financing is at stake pending survey findings.
There are A Findings, B Findings, and C Findings.
A Findings are Code and Safety noncompliance items found.
B Findings are critical things not working, defective, or items that should be taken care of in the near future.
C Findings are suggested or informational for maintenance and upgrades.
You will not get insurance or a loan with any A Findings or B Findings depending upon the company.

Some B Findings to avoid are stiff or inoperable seacocks, Cracked exhaust and below the waterline hoses, Fire fighting equipment, Safety gear, etc.
 
When I was getting the insurance for this boat, I was swamped at work and just sent the survey results to my insurance.

Sure enough, they made me provide receipts for everything on the important list.

Mental note: never send the full survey to your insurance :eek:
 
dvx216 said:
Our boat past the survey with flying colors. The journey to moving up to a 340 Da. Is on its way.
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That is great news! Either the boat is indeed in excellent condition or the buyer has a douche for a surveyor. In ether case your the winner! Happy hunting for the 340.
 
dvx216 said:
Our boat past the survey with flying colors. The journey to moving up to a 340 Da. Is on its way.
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I just purchased a 2000 340 a few weeks ago and love it! I am over in Huron Ohio.
 
I was there when the surveyed my parents 290 Amberjack. One of the outdrives had a little slop in it. Minor. I just said don't even think about it... The yard that yanked the boat also did the work on it and hollered over to the guy you are getting a nice boat.
 
Blueone said:
I just sold our house and I told real estate agent as is where is…. I’m not giving a dime. The house sold in 5 hours and the buyer wanted a survey…. I said knock yourself out but the price won’t change….. this guy was a survey natzi….. I think he broke shit to report stuff…. I didn’t budge on price
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I just sold my Mom's house and had the same experience. There is some spalling on the concrete of the front porch. I told the buyer's agent not to bother asking for it to be fixed or for a credit because I priced the house accordingly. Not only did the inspector suggest the buyer make make me fix it, but he put in his report that the buyers should request that we have the porch jack hammered and replaced. No chance MF'r. Plus the inspector's technique to check the toilets was to rock them back and forth to "check the wax ring". Suddenly damage to the wood floor appeared about an hour later. He put in his report that that the wax ring was leaking and the buyers should request that we replace that and the damaged flooring that he damaged. F'n jack off. The development the house is in is unique in that it is a single family home, but the HOA takes care of all the exterior maintenance, including the siding and roof. The buyers have been dying to buy a house in there but kept getting out bid. There are no other houses for sale and my Mom's is by far the largest floor plan in the development. So I am in a fantastic negotiating position.
 
Just sold our home to weeks ago. Got into a bidding war and ended up with a non inspection contingency however the highest bidder still wanted to do a personal inspection. She had it done and even though it didn’t matter, it was still to her satisfaction. Pucker factor still goes up when you have an inspector because you know where the skeletons are.
 
I go through a lot of home inspections on the houses we sell and sometimes when a buyer walks a second inspection is done for the new buyer. Every time 95% of the issues the first home inspector had with the property never come up on the next home inspection. The 2nd inspector does usually do come up with a completely different list that the first inspector didn’t have an issue with though.
 
Pirate Lady said:
No farkin way! I want to hear that story. Please.
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I posted the story in March of 21. So as not to hijack the thread, I'll give the Cliffs Notes version:
The Carver 506 has a large swim platform that is part of the hull and by design is submerged at low speed as a stabilizer. The deck of it has access hole covers for the installed davit. On the morning of the Sea Trial the hired captain stepped on a hole cover and broke it but did not realize the platform would be under water at low speed.
We departed and spent the first fifteen minutes at 6 knots while the surveyor did his thing all the while the boat was taking on seawater. When we went to test at higher power settings the boat would not accelerate so we began to investigate and found the lazzarette and engine room swamped and two bilge pump switches stuck. The manual switch CBs had not been turned on at the DC panel so the two remaining pumps did not keep up with the 5 inch under water hole in the hull. In hind sight I should have cancelled the purchase but we made a deal with some concessions.
 
Phil S said:
Pics or it didn't happen o_O
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When your on a sinking vessel you really don't think to snap pics!:cool: Both the skipper and the surveyor were veteran mariners and both said this was the closest they ever came to sinking a vessel. The PSS shaft seals also were gushing water at higher power settings.
 
Closest I came to sinking was putting 12 people on a zodiac cadet 7’ going ashore at Jellyfish Joel. Yes we actually fit 12 people and I have pics in a shoebox somewhere.
 
Carpediem44DB said:
When your on a sinking vessel you really don't think to snap pics!:cool: Both the skipper and the surveyor were veteran mariners and both said this was the closest they ever came to sinking a vessel. The PSS shaft seals also were gushing water at higher power settings.
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Fair enough!
 
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