What would you do? Bunk survey?
10-15-2007 | 10:11 AM
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Just re-read your original thread starter.
Soft cabin or cockpit soles were covered in "Surveying 101".
Twenty years experience? Of doing what...ASSUMING? If the cracks in the bottom are dripping water, a Skipper Tramex non-invasive moisture meter would have woken up the neighborhood telling everybody there's a trapped moisture problem and probable wood rot. As a surveyor you cannot be in a hurry to finish one boat to get to another. No matter how good the boat LOOKS, a surveyor cannot be lulled into a false sense that the boat doesn't have hidden problems that take a little more trouble to locate.
I'm going to write a book that's going to become the surveyor's bible like Chapman's is to Seamanship!
These damn motoryacht and sportfisherman surveyors have no business even looking at a high performance boat! There are a few local survey houses that think I'm a real ***** because I told them this. Several others use me when they get one and they are not embarrassed by a surveyor that doesn't understand these boats at all.
Soft cabin or cockpit soles were covered in "Surveying 101".
Twenty years experience? Of doing what...ASSUMING? If the cracks in the bottom are dripping water, a Skipper Tramex non-invasive moisture meter would have woken up the neighborhood telling everybody there's a trapped moisture problem and probable wood rot. As a surveyor you cannot be in a hurry to finish one boat to get to another. No matter how good the boat LOOKS, a surveyor cannot be lulled into a false sense that the boat doesn't have hidden problems that take a little more trouble to locate.
I'm going to write a book that's going to become the surveyor's bible like Chapman's is to Seamanship!
These damn motoryacht and sportfisherman surveyors have no business even looking at a high performance boat! There are a few local survey houses that think I'm a real ***** because I told them this. Several others use me when they get one and they are not embarrassed by a surveyor that doesn't understand these boats at all.
Just like any business, a couple of bad ones even give the good ones a bad name.
10-15-2007 | 03:11 PM
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10-15-2007 | 08:03 PM
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I am not 100% sure, nor is my friend, but my instinct tells me he is being truthful. The boat is being pulled off the trailer tomorrow to determine the extent of the damage, should have a better idea this week just how long the damage has been there.
10-16-2007 | 10:30 AM
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good luck to you and your friend hope its not as bad as it seems
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10-19-2007 | 11:20 AM
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Just returned from the shop. Had a few other small chips on the starboard side of the hull that were pointed out and missed by the surveyor. Rained here yesterday and today so can't put a moisture meter on it until the boat gets inside. Rough estimate to fix all damage, pending moisture meter test; $1500-$1800. Ouch!!! Think the surveyor is going to be willing to offer up payment? Will find out next week when the true cost numbers come in. Thanks to everyone that has chimed in with opinions and suggestions. I will keep everyone updated on the outcome.
10-20-2007 | 03:32 AM
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As far as the gel/glass work on the bottom, the $1500-1800 seems pretty cheap. I'm guessing that is just for a general prep sanding and then spraying over with gel and feathering it out.
10-20-2007 | 08:30 AM
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I'm sorry, but I'm not buying that at all. Wellcraft has been building high performance boats long enough not to make a freshman mistake like that. I suspect when you cut out the soft floor you'll find some wood rot in the structure underneath.
