Should not cost that much for a haul out. My guess is a couple hundred at
most for them to lift it out long enough for the surveyer to inspect the
hull. They would just lift it and then set it back down in the water once
done. If you schedule everything right and have it done on a Monday or
Tuesday should not be too expensive and well worth the knowledge.
Ask the owner to show you a reciept for the last time the hull was bottom
painted and barrier coat installed.
If he can't provide then you know it has not been done in a long time which
will indicate probable blistering of the hull.
Have the wet inspection done first to verify everything and then if still
interested have the pull out done. That way you can decide whether to leave
it out for some work (new bottom paint, props, boots, etc..) or have it set
back in immediately.

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

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Thanks, Butch and Tony, for the valuable comments. We looked at
the boat yesterday and I've been pondering the haul out options my-
self, but I sorta doubt that that is financially feasible. It's a 50
foot
boat and pulling it out is pretty close to a Fourwinds Marina monopoly.
My guess is they'd want close to $2,000 to do it, plus the inspection
on top of that. A floating survey is entirely possible, but I wonder
what
that misses.

Thanks again, Michael