howdykellyann

Thank you!

That's so interesting! Didn't realise that could happen.

Thank you for your posts. I am pleasantly surprised at just how fast people wrote posts on here! I hope I can help people out in the future once I know more. It will take some time. I will strongly consider getting a survey as I understand one surveyors ok is another's nightmare! thanks again!

Thank you for replying. A fellow coventrian? Nice to meet you! It's a bit complicated as we had a survey done on another boat ( built 1983) but it came back with 'done if the worse corrosion I've ever seen'. We were offered by the owner to have a whole bottom replating at his expense but thought as it was an older boat and did not have enough going for it, we walked away but on the same day, the broker from a boat we had put an offer on a month ago ( it was refused straight away) phoned to day the owner was considering accepting the offer after stewing on it. The owner had spent a lot if money on it and addressed all minor issues that arose from the last survey and was reluctant to let it go for less than the asking price. We have access to the two year old survey and it says there are no problems with bottom plate 8.4 to 9.5 thickness but the sides were ( from two original plates of 6.5 and 6,0) 6.4 to 5.8 which isn't itself a Problem. He went on to say there was a fair bit of pitting with majority depth of 1.3mm with a few deeper pits of 3mm. he said there was no cause for concern providing the area is kept well blacked. We were reluctant to have a survey as the old one is 2 years old, showed nothing put of the ordinary and issues had been dealt with. Also it would be our second survey and cost would be an issue. Do you think were being unwise?

Hello there! I am new to this and new to boating so please be nice to me!! My partner and I have put a deposit in a boat from 1996 and it had a survey two years ago. How much would gave changed to the boat since then? I ask because the survey says it's a 10 6 4 boat and there was some 1.4 mm pits on the side with a few 3mm pits. He said this was no cause fit concern however ( dies this seen right?). As a result if the survey the boat was bought two years ago and was blacked with new anodes as had been advised. After 48 engine hours in two years do you think much corrosion would have taken place? Is re lacking every two years sufficient to keep it afloat or would some people definitely recommend some remedial work? Thanks for your time!!