In article .com,
Capt. Rob wrote:
Well, if you signed an offer, then you had one before the survey.
Didn't you just say that you didn't have an offer on the table before
the survey?


No. The OWNER and I had an offer we agreed on. Doug was claiming that
we shouldn't have made an offer before survey. Who does that? What doug
doesn't get is I did my own pre-purchase survey. I didn't fly to
Florida to just look at the boat. I sounded her decks and checked every
system. I made my offer based on that. As it turned out my survey was
every bit as good as the professional one. I missed two bad hoses
because I didn't climb into the sail locker.

I don't think Doug was claiming that. I think he was saying, as I am,
that one needs to make an official offer before having a survey. It
sounds like you did that.

Anyone can do an inspection if the owner is agreeable, but that's not
the same thing as a surveyor doing it. There are some things that a
surveyor won't look for too. But, you do need it to get insurance. For
example, when we are approached with a donation boat, a couple of us
take a detailed look. If it passes that, then we accept the donation
contingent upon the survey. This gives us and the person donating a
value for the tax man. If we were going to buy a boat, we would do the
same thing, but prior to the survey we would create a formal offer.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com