LongJohn, It's been too many years since I kept my boat up there to recommend anyone. I would recommend checking the approved Boat US list of surveyors and work off of that. Good ones are few and far between. I noticed you're around the corner from me. I'm on Tellico Lake, on the upper end. Just have a little fella now, Albin 27 FC, but love cruising this area. Watts Bar is a fantastic area, lots of gunkholing. I'll be back up there again this spring, as soon as this dang cold spell breaks. See you, Ben
I bought my boat on the Mississippi River in Iowa and used the BoatUS site. There were several on the list I made from the Chicago area, I was very happy with the one I ended up using from south of the St. Louis area. Good luck on the survey, if it all works out if I was you I wouldn't miss the opportunity to cruise Lake Michigan. I delivered a boat to the Detroit River last year and really enjoyed all of the trip but Lake Michigan was the best. The owner wasn't in a hurry he said it was a once in a lifetime trip for him so we enjoyed the trip instead of rushing thru it. The least enjoyable was thru Chicago with the locks and tows.