Tom, I just purchased it early fall. If the previous owner had it surveyed
(I never even thought to ask if it was, but it was insured so it must have
been.) that would have been 4 years ago. Do these surveys get registered
anywhere so I could confirm this? The owners were so sure that the boat
would pass with flying colors, they felt bad and they dropped their price by
just over half when I told them what the surveyor said about a wet transom
(and some minor things in comparison), or maybe that was their plan if he
spotted it? Who knows.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:24:59 -0500, "sel1"
wrote:

Out of curiosity, how old is the previous survey? That should give
you a good starting point to do a self-inspection.

Chuck and Loyld make some good points - there are some things that are
not necessarily the death knell for the boat.

In this case, it wouldn't hurt to reassure yourself that there isn't a
problem in that particular area.

Later,

Tom