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This advice is completely wrong and completely backwards.

Did the surveyor mention how extensive the moisture was? Was it
specifically located or an overall condition? What is the rating of
the moisture - 80 to 100% or was that a measuring scale and what
percentage would that reading indicate? Some moisture readers work
on a readable scale - some display direct moisture percentage.

Without calibration (which is IMPOSSIBLE) the "value" read is
completely, utterly meaningless. If you just stop and think about it,
you can not come to any other logical conclusion.


If it's only a local condition at one or two points in the hull, then
I wouldn't worry about it - for a 16 year old boat, that's not bad at
all.


100% incorrect. Bad advice.

If the readings are consistent all over the hull, it's not a bad thing.
If specific areas show higher readings those areas require further
investigation. Period.

If it's an overall condition in the hull, then I wouldn't buy it -
something has gone wrong with the gel coat and the hull is
compromised. You could be looking at future problems which could make
it more expensive than you bargained for.


A reading that is meaningless but consistent through out the entire hull
is a GOD think. Its VARIANCES that suggest that there might be something
going on.

You may not have blisters now, but the it's likely that you will have
them in the future.

Rubbish.

Moisture readings are one and only one tool in the arsenal. If high
readings are found in specific areas, the first thing to do is figure
out why. Frequently there is a simple, logical reason that has nothing
to do with moisture in the hull.

Just to make it really clear, perhaps you didn't know that Moisture
meters don't measure moisture. They measure DENSITY and density
increases with moisture content. It also increases where the hull is
thicker, and where bulkheads meet the hull, and for a hundred other
reasons.

Old wives tales can be very costly.