Good point although the original poster sounds pretty new to boats.

If it passes the walk test, sound it yourself. If it passes that test, have
a surveyor go over it.

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Roger Long



"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:05:43 GMT, "Roger Long" said:

Oh, absolutely. The sounding will find problems earlier but is best done
by
an experienced surveyor.

Not really. The difference in the sound of a solid part of the deck and
the
delaminated parts is pretty obvious even to an untrained ear. While it
should be part of the survey, you're gonna waste some money if you leave
it
for the survey.