BM
26-10-2015, 04:02 PM
Hi guys,
Thought I'd share a story briefly from a recent boat inspection.
I was engaged to inspect a Mastercraft X15 Ski boat from the US. Very classy boats. 2007 model and $60K was the price. Looked the goods on the outside. Very swanky boats!!
I climbed in under the rear hatches to access the Indmar 5.7 Chev to pull the plugs out and comp test her. Noticed a couple of twigs in the bilge and that started me off. Noticed a bit of dirt in the bilge and some dirt marks on the engine block. Looked around some more and noticed dirt inside a fuse holder that was above engine height. Then I looked down each side of the boat from the access hatches in the rear and the carpeted sides of the hull in the hatch areas was perfect but about 4 feet forward (out of normal sight) the carpet wasn't grey but completely brown! Dry mud!
This boat had been sunk and my customer would have bought it as in all the obvious places it had been fairly well cleaned and no mud was visible. But this girl had been completely under water. So for $250 he saved himself a 60K mistake. Cheap insurance methinks!
Buyer beware!!
Thought I'd share a story briefly from a recent boat inspection.
I was engaged to inspect a Mastercraft X15 Ski boat from the US. Very classy boats. 2007 model and $60K was the price. Looked the goods on the outside. Very swanky boats!!
I climbed in under the rear hatches to access the Indmar 5.7 Chev to pull the plugs out and comp test her. Noticed a couple of twigs in the bilge and that started me off. Noticed a bit of dirt in the bilge and some dirt marks on the engine block. Looked around some more and noticed dirt inside a fuse holder that was above engine height. Then I looked down each side of the boat from the access hatches in the rear and the carpeted sides of the hull in the hatch areas was perfect but about 4 feet forward (out of normal sight) the carpet wasn't grey but completely brown! Dry mud!
This boat had been sunk and my customer would have bought it as in all the obvious places it had been fairly well cleaned and no mud was visible. But this girl had been completely under water. So for $250 he saved himself a 60K mistake. Cheap insurance methinks!
Buyer beware!!