There is quite a difference between unqualified boaters and qualified bullshitters. The difference is even greater than the difference between boaters and boatmen. A private owner is not 'qualified' because he can not show certificates therefore [s]he is not LEGALLY ABLE to KNOW a boat is dangerous ... even if he is told it is by a qualified bullshitter or by a marine surveyor, the majority of whom are highly qualified, competent, skilled and experienced and even more like to be thus if their hair is grey. Watch out for BSS examiners who may be certified for BSS but may NOT be qualified and certified surveyors. If I were buying a boat described as 'BSS certified' I would want to know WHO did the survey in case it was a qualified bullshitter
Once the boat is yours and the cheque cleared, so are ALL the inherited problems. It is entirely justifiable and eminently sensible to make haste slowly.
The 'normal' or usual way a marine surveyor proceeds is to go over the boat in the water "as seen". His "brief" is to find anything and everything affecting its 'fit for purpose' status which his client - YOU - could use to pull the price down! Once the inside is done and the engine is tested at the moorings, the surveyor gets the yard to haul the boat out (at your expense!) so he can check the "wetted hull" provided of course that he is not on the yard's black list.
Once the boat is yours and the cheque cleared, so are ALL the inherited problems. It is entirely justifiable and eminently sensible to make haste slowly.
The 'normal' or usual way a marine surveyor proceeds is to go over the boat in the water "as seen". His "brief" is to find anything and everything affecting its 'fit for purpose' status which his client - YOU - could use to pull the price down! Once the inside is done and the engine is tested at the moorings, the surveyor gets the yard to haul the boat out (at your expense!) so he can check the "wetted hull" provided of course that he is not on the yard's black list.
