[Rhodes22-list] surveying

[Rik Sandberg]

Gene, I've run my MJM decoder ring for you. :-) Rik  (Michael knows these 
boat inside out, but he doesn't spell so good)  :-)

>it's a hard call on a 22, the surveyor is only checking the hull/decks and 
>maybe some wood rot in the cabin, there is no diesel, the water system is 
>dead simple, same for the electrical system and it's trailer rigging. 
>Worse yet, a surveyor will not pick up the more PITA problems (port leaks, 
>chain plate leaks, center board problems etc....), I've seen some even 
>miss a soft deck, or not take the boat apart to really see things. Is it 
>worth 500$, this is a very hard call.
>
>Some advice for what it's worth: buy a boat recycled by Stan or a new boat 
>from someone else. The problem, is that you have not owned a boat before. 
>I can see you have been doing some reading but let me tell you what is not 
>in the books. Doing work on a boat is a pain-in-the-ass. The condition 
>depends on the maintenance habits of the pervious owner (it only takes a 
>year or two of non-maintenance to trash a boat). People stop doing 
>maintenance while selling a boat, unlike most other projects, like home 
>projects, the foundation counts more than the finish work (I am assuming 
>your are handy), and can get expensive very quickly. What happen is people 
>buy used boats assuming "they can rebuild it" saving allot of money. You 
>never save money because you are learning and small projects expand into a 
>giant one as the boat is being taken apart and more problems are found. A 
>lot of the time people walk away from "half finished" projects. Worse yet 
>they never get the love for sailing because all their free time is spent 
>boat building. Let the next boat be a "used one" after you've had a few 
>years learning the "deal", there will be enough mantenance even on a new 
>or recycled boat to learn on.
>
>MJM
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gene phares" <shoejg@yahoo.com>
>To: "rhodes 22 forum" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:27 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] surveying
>
>
> > Some big,big  percentage of info on buying a boat,even new boats, is to 
> have it surveyed by a qualified marine surveyor,not the
>manufacturer, before closing. Seems like good insurance to me. what are 
>your opinions?  Also is this 'must have book for 1st time
>buyers with no boat construction experience? thanx, gene from bloomsburg,pa
> >
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