O C Diver
Guru
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2010
- Messages
- 13,235
- Location
- Fort Myers, Florida
- Vessel Name
- End Of The Line
- Vessel Make
- Trinka 10 Dinghy
One only has to look at any number of websites featuring brain dead boat owner repairs to realize that most surveyors would catch a large percentage of the bottom 10 to 20% of accidents waiting to happen. Imo, that's what the purchase survey and insurance surveys are about. There are certainly a significant percentage of boat owners that may do a better job surveying their own boat. But then one has to ask whether they will be objective about siting things they don't wish to spend money on. Have a friend currently looking at boats in the 42' sub $75K range. You would amazed at the neglected maintenance and down right scary previous owner wiring on these boats.I dont think people trust durveyors to find everything....some of us know it snd dont understand why insursnce companies overly trust them and some of their reccomendations.
While insurance surveys may be a hassle, my guess is that there are less accidents as a result which hopefully helps to keep premiums down. Now if I can just get my insurance company to let me self survey.
Ted