Looking over a boat... Need a surveyor. DC/Chesapeake bay.

[Zach]

I'm in Greensboro, NC. Long way from the ocean...

I'll ask about the partial survey, that is a great idea.

[Pura Vida]

Originally Posted by Zach

I'm in Greensboro, NC. Long way from the ocean...

Greensboro, great place, good people. My favorite spot in NC!

[Zach]

I've got to say Frank is impressive over the phone.
The rest of the folks in the area have openings by the end of the month... clearly I'm looking at boats during the wrong end of the year.

[TabbyCat]

go to The National Association of Marine Surveyors (NAMS)
or The Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors, Inc.® - (SAMS®)

I am familiar with many of the Chesapeake Bay surveyors, so if you pick one and want an opinion before signing up, I'll be happy to reply off-line.


Peter Hartoft is excellent, if you want one that will really take a very serious look at the boat & find absolutely everything that is wrong.

Susan
International Marine Insurance Services
susan@IMIScorp.net

[mountainsailor]

Here's a list from Deltaville: We used Don McCann and were thoroughly pleased with the experience. We are newbies to buying a boat and sailing and he answered all the questions that we didn't know to ask!
Surveyors in Deltaville Area


Don Mc Cann
Tranquil Waters Marine Services
804 435 6942

Peter Schacht
Marine Surveyors
804 758 3014

Kirby Smith
Tidewater Marine Surveys
804 642 4454

Ken Julian
Boat Surveyor
804 462 0880

[Zach]

I actually had a pre-purchase survey done on one... Fred Hecklinger did it. Real pleasant guy! Only thing the boat had going for it was the ships bell...

But I did end up buying a boat, a Triton... just not the one that spurred the question. Stupidly, I did it without a survey. Shame. I know better, yet it was a compulsive buy.

This means that whatever problems it has I have no one to blame... but myself.