No, Wheels. It happened a little differently.
The
survey was complete and things like:
*Copper over
aluminum
*Thru-hull zincs (R5's)
*Grounding/bonding wires
*Oil in the leaking
saildrive
These things were changed *after* the survey by the PO when he put new props on over the weekend on a Sunday. I closed on Monday, after a short sea trial.
He was trying to cover his @ss since the
saildrive had a leaky seal (change the
oil so I don't notice during sea trial), change thru-hull zincs and use silicone (so I don't notice that the boat had a major electrolosys problem), etc...
He forgot to hook some of the bonding system back up, which contributed to the
electrolysis problem as well. I went through brand new zincs in about what... 2 mos? They were gone.
I had to correct a lot of stuff that he did *after* the survey. That's why it almost seemed he was sending me off to my death! ha ha (being dramatic) He did so many dangerous and damaging things to the boat after the survey, it could seem that he was out to get me. (kind of a joke there, too...)
So now everything is fixed:
*Sail drive
seals replaced
*Oil changed in saildrives
*New zincs (properly bedded with LifeCaulk (like 4200))
*Bonding system
wiring fixed
*New
bottom paint
*Took down saildrive
paint to bare
aluminum, primed and put on proper
paint for aluminum below the waterline
*Engine
oil changes
*Belt tightening
*Took off prop guard/cages and patched holes in
hull from them (may have contributed to
electrolysis due to sheer amount of metal below waterline - weigh 25lbs each and large, complicated structures)
*Tightened saildrive
hardware to proper torque so props don't come loose again.
So all in all, the boat is now perfect below the waterline and in the
engine rooms, but man... what a mess he made after the survey. Most of his efforts were to hide his electrolysis problem, which he did a good job of hiding. It was due to:
*Incorrect
wiring of bonding system
*Copper over aluminum
*Prop cages, incorrectly bonded can't have helped
and he took the ground off the engines so the alternators couldn't charge the house
batteries, I assume, thinking that this was the cause of the electrolysis.
Inside, we won't talk about his
plumbing and
electrical mods I still have to fix.
Thank god I rescued this boat from this guy's hands!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Wheeler
I am a little confused. I assume all these issues were noted by the surveyor were they?? And this was then "supposedly" being put right by the owner??
What you need to do in a situation like that is have the yard give you a quote. You then tell the owner that he has two choices. Either the yard does the job and he pays, or the repair amount comes off the purchase price and you either do the job or get the yard to. You should never leave the repairs to the owner unless you can trust he knows what he is doing. Or you can hang over his shoulder with every job to ensure it is completed competently. Before the boat is splashed again, you should have taken a quick inspection to ensure everything looked OK. But hey, I wish I knew all that back when I bought my boat too Sully. Sadly our experiences can only serve to help someone else now.
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