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It seems like such a waste of money to have another surveyor come and do the same stuff if someone had already had that done once. But I guess that's just how wheelin and dealin works.
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Well, buyers don't share it because they don't know each other.
Surveyors are all different, one is not 100% correct in his evaluation.
If he was a doctor, ya would want a second opinion..That is rare in the boat-buying business.
Pick yer surveyor carefully.
The worst case I have seen is this:
I knew the boat, a Fuji 35. Sailed on it many times and the owner was a friend.
When it was time to sell, the buyers from out of town asked my friend (The seller) to find a surveyor.
He of course found the "easiest" one and the only negative on the survey was a burned out light-bulb in the head.
I knew that the boat had a rotten core in the deck and some other "old boat" issues, but it was not my business.
I did a few "broker" deals here in Ft. Lauderdale and because I am a honest guy, I booked the toughest surveyor for this CSY 44 that I was trying to sell for a friend of mine.
That back-fired, the survey report was so serious that it scared the buyers away, after they had payed for the survey and sea-trial and haul-out, etc.
The buyers refused to show me the survey, and the surveyor could not give me a copy because the buyers "owned" the survey.
I called up the surveyor and asked what the problem was?
He said the boat was good and a good buy for the price and the issues was stuff like a list...(Caused by too many tool-boxes or batteries on one side...
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Another issue was that it looked like electronics had been ripped off and sold. (Wires hangin, holes in the panels)
Not a big deal, old electronics are worthless, and better be removed anyway.
Newer electronics would be more valuable on the vessel, but the buyers did not know that, they thought they were being screwed and that somebody had removed valuable stuff....Not.
(20 year old electronics are not worth a dime.)
In reality the boat was an excellent deal, new bottom job, new standing and running rigging, new anchors/chain, new Caribe Rib dink with new motor, new hatches, new $10,000 paint job, etc, etc, etc,
The survey however looked so grim that the buyers ran away from the deal of the century...Sad.
If ya get a "bad" survey, have somebody explain each write-up, instead of panicking because the boat had a "list", or other stuff that is not important.