To be honest, I don't think I could ever be comfortable
buying a boat (or car, or house or any other expensive item) without seeing it in person. I might make an exception if the
surveyor is someone you've known for a while and trust, but to put all your faith in an unknown
broker and an unknown
surveyor seems a bit too risky.
Also: Why pay for
storage and
insurance for an extra year while you won't be using the
boat? Better to take that money, and the money you'd spend to buy her, and the money you'd put towards boat loan payments during the first year, and toss all of it in some secure place (GICs, bonds, etc) until you're ready to own a boat.
There are always plenty of good used boats on the market. That's not likely to change in the foreseeable future, even though this particular boat will likely have
sold by then.