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winter survey
- Thread starter sledboy
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sledboy, This is a very good question for are forum. If the bilge had standing water that froze no. If the bilge area and between all bulkheads are dry. Soundings can be done to check for delamination. Heating the vessel by running the engines and running it under sea-trial conditions will also be very helpful if a core sample needs to be taken.
Al thanks for your response. The boat I pose the question about is on the hard in an area
where the temps have been hovering around the
freezing point.At this time my only interest is
in the integrity of the hull, transom, and stringers. If these systems checked out I would
make an offer subject to a full survey and sea trial come spring. Would heating of the bilge
be required or even useful? By the way the boat is a 89 sea ray 300 weekender
Thanks again Sledboy
where the temps have been hovering around the
freezing point.At this time my only interest is
in the integrity of the hull, transom, and stringers. If these systems checked out I would
make an offer subject to a full survey and sea trial come spring. Would heating of the bilge
be required or even useful? By the way the boat is a 89 sea ray 300 weekender
Thanks again Sledboy
sledboy, Heating the bilge would be helpful. On the vessel your considering there where problems with de-lamination on the upper deck around the anchor locker. This would be one area of concern. Flexing by a mans weight on the upper deck would be a positive indercation of this type problem.
Sledboy,
If I may add -- usually a mid-winter survey is no big deal unless we're in the midst of the kind of freeze in which we find ourselves now where below zero temperatures have been the norm.
Any H2O intrusion will have frozen thereby negating any accurate soundings, and may also show false positives in those areas that may have such H2O intrusion but otherwise percussion sound out OK.
Therefore, as Al stated, be very careful with the manner in which the integrity of the hull, deck, and attendant stringer(s) systems are tested.
If the seller is willing, you may be able to come to a $$$ agreement now, but 'put-off' the survey per se until the temperatures rise dramatically, conceivably still a couple of months away. In the alternative, can this boat be moved into a heated building for a few days to warm-up in order to facilitate conducting the survey now?
I see no useful purpose in trying to heat the bilge in the kind of cold conditions that we are experiencing.
If I may add -- usually a mid-winter survey is no big deal unless we're in the midst of the kind of freeze in which we find ourselves now where below zero temperatures have been the norm.
Any H2O intrusion will have frozen thereby negating any accurate soundings, and may also show false positives in those areas that may have such H2O intrusion but otherwise percussion sound out OK.
Therefore, as Al stated, be very careful with the manner in which the integrity of the hull, deck, and attendant stringer(s) systems are tested.
If the seller is willing, you may be able to come to a $$$ agreement now, but 'put-off' the survey per se until the temperatures rise dramatically, conceivably still a couple of months away. In the alternative, can this boat be moved into a heated building for a few days to warm-up in order to facilitate conducting the survey now?
I see no useful purpose in trying to heat the bilge in the kind of cold conditions that we are experiencing.
To Al & Bill2 thanks for your comments. I am presently looking at two different boats. One that that appears to be a very well maintained boat and the other that is more of the fixer upper.I am trying to find out if a reliable survey could be performed at this time of year. The 1st nicer boat is in upper Michigan the 2nd in a more moderate climate.My thought was to check out #2 if possible and then if it showed problems I would just wait out the winter to go after #1. I take it from your comments that unless a boat can be of a proper temperature the testing of hull, decks, and structure could be a bit of a crap shoot. With that in mind it may be time to wait out the weather.
Thanks again Sledboy
Thanks again Sledboy