Considering a boat that has had 5 years without blacking and has no sellers survey

[Higgs]

6 minutes ago, enigmatic said:

Continuing the theme of sharing rusty hull photos, any opinions on this one? Asking mainly because I was surprised considering the paintwork and [trad] engine bay are in good condition. ~15year old boat, reputable builder, apparently blacked in 2017

 

 

Light rust on bumps and scrapes not too concerning, more questioning the waterline. And yes, I know the correct answer if I decide to get either boat is to get a survey  

 

 

 

Maybe the result of a poor blacking job. Or - it's been a lot longer than three years since it had a blacking. 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by Higgs

[enigmatic]

Funnily enough I saw one that definitely had been a lot longer than three years since blacking (no claim to have epoxied when they did it either) that looked pretty clean later in the day 

[blackrose]

On 07/09/2020 at 12:55, Richard10002 said:

 

It's very easy for someone to say that a bit of rust in a photo could be catastrophic, (and it definitely could!!), but if you have looked at the boat, and given it a tap and a feel, you will have a sense of whether it is serious or superficial.

 

I very much doubt that. A surveyor with a hammer might be able to hazard a guess whether the corrosion is serious or superficial with the boat out of the water, but someone without any specialist knowledge giving it a tap above the waterline - no chance.

[Bobbybass]

I've had family...and a friend's experience of a major broker selling boats complete with the broker's survey.

 

Both times they encountered serious problems within weeks, that would have been thrown up if they had paid for their own survey.  Both of them had the broker appearing kindly and pointing out faults during the buying process...which they then supposedly fixed ....to make them trusted.

 

In one case the seller of the boat had left it with the broker with a brand new set of batteries. When my friend viewed it...it had old batteries , with the broker saying " we'll put new batteries in it as a service to you"...ensuring my friend felt they could be trusted.

 

Phone calls within weeks.. when these other faults showed up brought the same response.." well..it is a secondhand boat".

 

Throw away any seller survey...even from major brokers...and get your own !