Master of all He Surveys! Why you should have a full survey if buying a boat.  

Absolutely 👍🏻

Cheers Neil 👍🏻

Thank you. 🙏

Totally agree Paul. I really don’t understand why people don’t do this?

​@@nbspudley There again it depends on the canal and how deep the draft. Anyone who has navigated the Ashby with a deep boat will know only too well about getting stuck on the mud. Last time I was up there about a year ago there was a huge "tug" type design boat with rivets and all sorts. Owner mentioned it was a "replica". He was taking on water just before Bosworth marina with the intention of getting up to Snarestone. I left about 30 minutes later after watering up and he was moored about 100yds above the marina as he was too deep to go further. He hadn't twigged just how much water he had aboard until he got stuck in the mud. About a week or so later on my return trip he was still moored up in same spot. So yes painting base plate might work in some instances but not all. A light boat not drawing much in a deep canal is one thing but the reverse can be entirely different. I suppose too that relying on just four anodes is not quite the thing. The owner of my boat had ten anodes and I had another four fitted too as had no idea how long original anodes would last. Plus fitted an isolation transformer instead of a galvanic isolator for when connected to shore power. Earthing via the hull. This allows the mains RCBs to function as designed. So the moral of the story is that one size doesn't fit all.

We agree! How are you Ray?

Thanks very much 🙏

It would have been a nightmare if Elliot hadn’t spotted it. 😢

Thanks Karen. Glad you liked it. 👍🏻

Lovely comments as usual Della. Thank you 🙏

Glad you liked it Jacqueline. 😊

Glad it helped Kevin. That was the intention from the start - not to make people worry at all but to help them consider things they’d maybe not thought of. If you need any help or advice we’re here & happy to help. 👍🏻

Cheers Trev 👍🏻

Cheers Lee 👍🏻

Never heard of fail insurance before

Definitely. We’ve seen it on the cut a couple of times since passing us.

Good question Debra. Click the link & it should answer your questions. 👍🏻 canalsonline.uk/talking-anodes

Oh! Makes sense! Thank you.

Flipping eck 🤦🏻‍♂️

It is David. Saved us for sure.

Hi Trevor, it’s the buyer who pays for the survey. Usually in the region of £1000 for the lift out of the water & the survey. If you don’t then buy it unfortunately it’s lost monies. Usually if there are issues found that need fixing then the buyer can try to negotiate with the seller to get them to have them fixed & you pay the agreed price or offer less based on the costs for the remedial work & you get it done then once purchased.

@@nbspudley well worth doing thanks for the reply

It needs to be the buyer. Also the buyer should not take any recommendations from the broker, or seller. Even though most surveyors are fairly ethical, there are some who are “bought” by the promise of repeat business through brokers. As a buyer you do not want any conflict of interest.

@@captratty2167 agreed. We didn’t ask for any recommendations for a surveyor from the seller/broker. We found our own & if you know someone who used them themselves & were happy even better.