S.F. Bay Area marine surveyor needed
Tim Lyons
This is real simple: Don't use a surveyor who refuses to accept liability for his opinions. If there is a note stating the survey is only an opinion that may or may not be correct and the surveyer is not responsible for this opinion, then that is not a survey. The last survey I had done was 14 pages typed (on a 10 year old 30ft boat) and the surveyor only refused responsibility on the engine because he could not do a loaded test on land (it was laid up for the winter.) It cost $275. The previous owner of t
he boat paid $350 for a check-the-box style survey that was 2 pages long and disavowed any specific knowledge of the boat in question.(!) I have had the boat 4 seasons and have found no problems that were not uncovered in the more complete survey.
Regards,
Tim
P.S. Sorry, but my good surveyer is located in New England.
Paul Schwartz
>Jeff Danda (da...@netcom.com) wrote:
>: I am in the process of looking for a used sailboat ( 27-30' cruising boat )
>: and eventually I will be in the need of a reputable marine surveyor. I am
>: presently limiting my search area to the San Francisco Bay area and would
>: like to find a local surveyor. Can anyone recommend a surveyor to me? Any
>: advice or experiences would be helpful as this will be my first boat.
>:
>After using two different surveyors to purchase two different boats I am
>convinced that "reputable marine surveyor" is an oxymoron (however, it could
>be me that is the moron :-) ).
>
>Seriously, in S.F. I used Stan Wild & Associates. He missed a couple of
>things that ended up costing me lots of $$. He came highly recommended by
>my insurance agent and broker.
>
>Your mileage may vary. Good luck.
>
>Ken
>
I too am looking for a boat at this moment. The best advice I have been given is
call the broker for the insurance company who will carry your boat and ask them
for a recomendation from their list of approved surveyors. You'll need such
a survey to get insurance anyway why pay for it twice.
PDS
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Ken Hughes |
>| |
>| Harris Computer Systems Voice: (206) 453-0303 |
>| 10900 N.E. 8th Street, Suite 1100 UUCP: khu...@csd.harris.com |
>| Bellevue, Washington 98004 ..!uunet!pilchuck!seahcx!kenh |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
---
--
*************************************************************************
* (__) * * My opinions are mine *
* (oo) * I will not be cowed!! * They are not KWIs, *
* /-------\/ * * although they should be.*
* / | || * * ----------------------- *
** ||----|| * * Finger pa...@kwi.com *
* ~~ ~~ * * for my PGP public key *
*************************************************************************
Arnold Shore
and they will provide information on guys in a given area.
First try your local yellow pages -- still a better information source
than the Internet -- under (strangely enough) SURVEYORS- MARINE. An 800
number for an all-east-coast outfit: Clyde Eaton and Associates, at (800)
347-7331). They can probably help with a name.
Agree with earlier followup -- an insurace survey just tells you the boat
exists. A Value and Condition survey implies liability on the part of
the surveyor.
Fair breezes.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ash...@access.digex.net <Arnold Shore (410) 849-8721>
Colin Kendall
I missed the original post, but I'm responding based on the subject line:
I recommend Doug Shotton. He did an excellent and thorough job for me.
I assume he's listed in the phone book, probably Berkeley.
--
Warmest regards,
Colin Kendall.
Phone (813) 371-0811 extension 6842
Buzz Dean
thought of contacting your insurance underwriter for an 'approved surveyor'
list.
Buzz
In article <CnECo...@kwiudl.kwi.com>, pa...@kwi.com (Paul Schwartz)
wrote: