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I would not spend $500 having a 4,000 dollar car surveyed

this boat is only $4,000

so not going to get it surveyed


I can tell that it does not have osmosis

I have suffered with previous boats from this affliction

- Mirror Offshores never have and there are loads of them about


the engine has 20 hours on it

- it sat in the back of a workshop for five or six years before being
installed in the boat

hence the odd chronology - v useful info though

have looked at the paperwork

I have bought it now

sails good nick - spars ditto

running rigging tatty

rudder seems fine

going to circumnavigate the UK next summer

not sure if I will duck though the crinnan canal though

wish me luck

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On 2007-11-02 14:51:33 -0400, dylan winter said:

I would not spend $500 having a 4,000 dollar car surveyed


Even a free boat may not be worth the price and from your questions,
you might miss something significantly wrong, making that $500 a wise
investment, as that could drop the price or steer you away.

Your insurance company probably will want a survey. Might as well get
it over with.

Oh, and conditioning the sale on a satisfactory survey (to you) and sea
trial might be a good idea.

I was once offered a free boat. Sweet, classic lines. Luckily, I
figured out that it wasn't worth the cost.

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Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

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Jere Lull wrote:
On 2007-11-02 14:51:33 -0400, dylan winter said:

I would not spend $500 having a 4,000 dollar car surveyed


Even a free boat may not be worth the price and from your questions,
you might miss something significantly wrong, making that $500 a wise
investment, as that could drop the price or steer you away.

Your insurance company probably will want a survey. Might as well get
it over with.

Oh, and conditioning the sale on a satisfactory survey (to you) and sea
trial might be a good idea.

I was once offered a free boat. Sweet, classic lines. Luckily, I
figured out that it wasn't worth the cost.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/


Also, if the boat is on the hard, the cost will be lower, since hauling won't have to get done. Out here, they usually charge $10-12 per foot for a survey.
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