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From: Pascal Gademer (no email)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2004 - 11:53:17 EDT
Ken,
I think the key before spending money on a survey is to pre inspect the boat
yourself and look for the obvious and expensive things. Then if you don't
find anything obvious, go for the sea trial and only if that goes well, get
it surveyed.
no boat is perfect...last year when I bought mine, I got a 10 page report
... 10 pages of issues, most of them small stuff. i knew about the larger
items in advance so there was really no surprise... I was able to use the
survey to negotiate a price adjustment of about 5% of the contract price.
the key is to decide what is a deal breaker and what is not. most 20 year
old boat... or even 10 year old boats ..., will result in a lengthy survey
but whether or not you decide to negotiate with the seller depends on how
serious the problems are. On older boats, how it was maintained is the most
important thing, more than exact age or manufacturer.
pascal
miami, fl
1970 hatteras 53my
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Tischler" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:29 AM
Subject: T&T: 40' Marine Trader survey results
> Well, to sum it up...we are in the market for a boat again.
> <><<><<
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