Now why am I lost in this world. I have owned everything from a rowboat to
a 24' cabin cruiser. I tested a couple of 25' and 26' boats before I found
the 24' one.
And the original question had nothing to do w/ putting it in the water to
have inspected. It only asked who would pay to have it put in the water for
a test ride.

I would assume we are talking about a boat that is not on a trailer and is
probably in the 28' or larger range.

Now, I would not put the boat in the water for a joy ride. However, I would
expect the seller to pay to get it in the water if we have settled on a
price and I am going to get a surveyer there when I test drive.

--
Tony
my boats at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
tony, you are lost to this world. give up you dream of one day owning a
plywood rowboat.


From: "Tony Thomas"
Date: 8/19/2004 9:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: HAcVc.2779$9d6.1649@attbi_s54

If the seller is not willing to pay to have the boat put in the water for
a
test run (and allow the survey to occur while in the water the same day),
then he is not interested in selling the boat. I would never pay at a
marina to have a boat put in the water so I can test drive it when the
boat
is stored there.

As others have stated, buyer pays for the survey.
Seller pays to get it in the water for a test and the fuel (you should
not
be burning much fuel on a test run of maybe a couple miles).

Now if your planning on doing a test drive on say Saturday and the survey
will not occur until another day - you would need to possibly pay for the
second put-in for the surveyor. You should coordinate so all occurs the
same day.

I have sold several boats and I have always towed it to the lake and paid
to
launch for the test ride.

--
Tony
my boats at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com

"vze3j5ge" wrote in message
...
My husband and I are considering purchase of a used boat - currently
out
of the water at our marina. We've spoken to a marine surveyor we might
hire who says that the engine can be tested to some extent on land but
that we really should put the boat in the water and check it out.
Seems
reasonable - but my question is one about procedure. Who usually pays
for the marina to put boat in and take it out again in such a case -
buyer or seller?

Thanks for any help.

Elaine