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    Survey

    Thank you.
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    No offense taken. If I thought I had all the answers, I wouldn't ask questions. I think you agree that I cannot even get a complete survey without a sea trial.
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    Great information. Mainly I needed to know that what I laid out is not standard practice. I haven't purchased a boat it 26 years. I've owned three boats and all were private sellers, no broker involved.
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    That is exactly how I will do it. I wrote a similar offer on another boat, in that case I lost out to a cash offer, no contingencies. You cannot compete with that unless money doesn't matter. I just wanted opinions on what the broker offered. I was just flabbergasted.
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    That's exactly how I feel. Two different brokers, on two different boats, suggested buying the boat after viewing and survey, then purchase with 10% of purchase held in escrow until after sea trial. BUT, it's my boat weather the sea trial is good or bad and apparently we negotiate the ten...
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    I can see the boat now. Before it I can see the boat. It is in heated storage.
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    Thank you for your response. I should have been more clear. They will let me see it and survey it (at my expense of course). But they won't agree to taking it off the market unless I buy it. I want a deal contingent on mechanical and structural survey and sea trial. I pay 10% down, sign a...
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    We are going to make an offer on a boat. The boat is currently in heated storage and inaccessible for three months. The broker wants me to make an offer which is contingent on the boat passing mechanical and structural survey, a step I agree with. In the offer I agree to purchase boat if it...
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    Survey

    My wife asked me to postpone the search until after the holidays. We will resume the search shortly after first of the year. I will update this thread as soon as things progress. I've gotten a lot of valuable information. Thank you all.
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    Survey

    Thank you for reaching out. We are waiting until after the holidays. My wife specifically asked me to put a pin in the search until after holiday season. The information shared here has been helpful, lots of good minds here. I will update when the search resumes. Thank you.
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    Survey

    Thanks. You made some very good points.
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    Survey

    Perhaps the owner will have decent service records. If it costs me $1,000.00 extra, and I knew the mechanic was competent, it might be worth it. If I knew bellows, gimbals and u-joints were serviceable, it would be a positive. Especially if they'd grease the u-joints while off.
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    Survey

    Don't you think it would be a good idea? I'm looking at older boats. I guess I'd write that into the offer. Over the years I met owners who have I/Os but didn't under the drives have to come off to grease the ujoints. My current boat is an I/O, every other year the drives came off and I did lube...
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    Survey

    We are going to put an offer in on a boat we're interested in. I'm curious if someone could tell me how much a mechanical survey should cost. The boat has outdrives, so I'd like condition of u-joints, gimbal, alignment, etc. checked. I also want the engines checks, compression, etc., and...
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    Boat values

    We are in a good position. We could use the boat we own for another season. We have no intention of selling our current boat until well after the new boat is purchased. The current boat does not have ac/heat or a windlass. Of course the windlass would be a simple add. Also, ac could be...
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    Boat values

    We boat in Lake Michigan and inland lakes accessible from it. One of our favorite activities is anchoring in knee deep water, then going ashore and walking the beach. We come in shallow enough where boat wake or waves can make the stern hit sand. We don't want to bring a dingy with unless we...
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    Boat values

    You have access to some real interesting facts and documentation. Is the information accumulated from past purchases or vocation?
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    Boat values

    Thank you for sharing. These are all valid points. Sellers are in denial or delusional, unfortunately we will need to deal with it. I'm looking for a specific 'freshwater only' boat, that eliminates roughly 70% of the available boats. I want outdrives in a size that's typically fitted with...
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    Boat values

    This is amazingly valuable information. I read that many Sea Rays switched to FRP stringers 2004 and forward.
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    Boat values

    We are looking cruisers on the 32-34 foot range. Specifically we're interested in fresh water, early 2000's, Sea Ray 320 or Formula 34 PC
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