Tangler
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2013
- Messages
- 204
- Location
- canada
- Vessel Name
- Between boats
- Vessel Make
- 38' C & L Puget Trawler
Perhaps the problem is you aren't good at selecting surveyors? I know some who do excellent work.
The first one,when I bought the boat, I was at the mercy of the broker and owner as I was a total noob for large boats. They were both good people and I judged them as honest. The surveyor was a well known pro who went around the boat with a little rubber hammer and tapped the bejeezies out of it all over the place looking for soft spots...he found none...there were many. As well as other issues. That was a half day out of water job that cost me $450.00us 11 years ago. The most recent survey was just as useless and cost me $500.00 cdn plus the lift costs so close to $1000.00 total. Insurance demanded it and they recommended the surveyor this time. My buyer.s son turned out to be a marine diesel mech and found an issue that no surveyor had found in 11 years. My experience is much more extensive now and I think I could do a survey as reliable as any I have received. Legal extortion I say.