Pensacola FL Sailing Blog - sailingnightwatch

There once was an old knowledgably surveyor. Just what I needed. I asked him to go over the boat with a fine tooth comb. He did. 70 pages worth. He found and listed every little thing. Then he sent it to my insurance company, who he was fighting in court on another issue. They went nuts, on many levels. I went nuts on many levels. The 70 pages was what I asked for and was an excellent punch list for the boat, not for an insurance company. I am not talking about hiding things from the insurance company, but the list included loose screws, dirt under the births, broken head bowls, missing stove, cabinets full of 5 year old food and many other obvious items. This survey was to help me make a decision on buying the boat and the final price.The fact that the first surveyor did not reveal he was involved with a court case opposing the insurance company I was going to use did bother me. Using him, put me in a bad light with the insurance company. They wanted all 70 pages fixed before moving the boat. They finally did allow the boat to be moved to our home port. We did about 95% of the items, the other items were things, like the generator, that were removed from the boat or upgrades that replaced listed items.I did get a survey for the insurance company using a surveyor they recommended. He was good, knew the other surveyor, in fact the 3 of us talked about the best ways to tackle some of the items listed. In the end every body turned out happy.