Digital Marine
Surveys
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York State Finger Lakes - 1000 Islands - Oneida Lake
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Digital Marine
Surveys
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Y-Valve handle can be easily removed, preventing accidental discharge. Well labeled with instructions. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bonding/Lightning protection. Typical Sabre Sailing vessel. Port and starboard chainplates, forestay and backstay, along with all metallic through hull fittings are grounded to the keel. | ||||||||||||||||||
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A well mounted windless. Note backing plate, wiring and label seen in the bottom of the photo. Typical Tiara quality. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gee, actual inspection plates to access fuel
tank fittings. Top of tank grounded, Fuel Fill hose and vent hose double
clamped. Fuel shut off's and anti-siphon devices in place. Same fuel tank in
picture below. What you can't see is that when these tanks develop a leak
they can be replaced by removing the cockpit sole. How difficult will it be
to replace a leaking fuel tank or renew an engine is often overlooked by
boat manufactures.
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neat orderly engine room. |
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 Any time I see
Green Bonding/Grounding wire I'm a happy sailor. This picture and the one below
are from a J-100 |
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 Lightning
protection is a subject of great deabte. |
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| The Bad... | |||||||||||||||||||
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After removing the exhaust hose which was bad this was found. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stringer Damage | ||||||||||||||||||
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Broken Stringer | ||||||||||||||||||
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Broken motor mounts caused this entire engine to shift. Notice it's sitting at a slight angle. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same vessel as above. Raw water cooling intake hose cracked. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Both of these gate valve were frozen in the open position from lack of use. Clamps have corrosion. Double clamps would be nice. Make sure you have enough room/length on the receiving fitting for two clamps. | ||||||||||||||||||
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No explanation needed. | ||||||||||||||||||
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As soon as I touched this packing gland to see why it was against the propeller shaft water started leaking in. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Broken stanchion base on bow pulpit. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This transom was wet and full of areas of delamination. Just a picture to show what a moisture meter looks like. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Blower hose. This is a common finding. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Is something missing here??? See the picture below. | ||||||||||||||||||
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These are also ventilation hoses that have disconnected from the cowl vent fittings above. These are located in a cockpit locker. Stored gear has pulled these of the fittings. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Port side headliner insert panel in aft cabin showed an abnormal stain. This is what was underneath. Notice the vent hoses have been caulked with silicone. Then there is the issue of the giant tumor!!! | ||||||||||||||||||
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ABYC recommendation H-40.4.3.1 "For boats over 20' in LOA, provision shall be made for the deployment of two anchors over the bow." Not to mention some common sense. Also missing: chain, shackles and safety wire. Chapman's Piloting and Seamanship is an excellent reference for anchors and rode. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bravo Outdrives with Stainless Steel Propellers need to be monitored closely for corrosion. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rotted bulkhead. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same boat as above. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Just another damaged bulkhead. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is just an example of a common finding. Notice the number of fasteners that are securing all these various items into the cored deck. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hull to deck joint where a backing plate has been added. Notice the crack and caulk. | ||||||||||||||||||
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While the wiring had been updated, the battery charger was an automotive unit. Notice how it was hooked up??? | ||||||||||||||||||
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A repaired bulkhead. Poor job as there is no tabbing to secure it in place. Also, the new wiring should have some form of chafe protection. | ||||||||||||||||||
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While inspecting a wiring harness I discovered two loose unplugged ends???? I left them as discovered and alerted the seller and potential buyer. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is a rodents winter nest on top of an exhaust muffler. There is a large engine room vent behind the nest. I actually see this quite frequently on boats that have been on the hard for more than just the winter. Also, I frequently see debris in the transom exhaust exits from birds and ???. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This rudder was repaired by someone who used a banana as a model. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Always watch out for excessive moisture and delamination under large windows in the deckhouse verticals. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Not the condition a surveyor likes to encounter on a routine C&V Insurance Survey. Do you think this image came to mind when I was determining a "Fair Market Value" for the boat. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Ugly... | |||||||||||||||||||
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Cracked fuel line. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bilge pump and Keel bolt. A few different issues working here. | ||||||||||||||||||
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AC breaker. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Windless. Entire area above this was delaminated, soft as a pillow. Wires to such were all tangled in the anchor rode. Notice the one fastener nut is about off. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Now this is a wet stringer! Mushrooms anyone? | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fuel Fill Hose. Cracked and single clamped. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Here's a spot you always want to check. The entire deckhouse was full of excessive moisture and delamination. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same vessel as above. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lots of dangerous issues here. Note the compression fitting for the fuel line filter and the hand primer. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Skinny surveyor (me) and a fat smallmouth. | ||||||||||||||||||
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An older J boat rudder under repair. | ||||||||||||||||||
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What's for dinner?? Spaghetti. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Please don't do this. There is no ground plus other issues. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fasteners were all loose. The stringers were completely rotted. This is the same boat as the picture below. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Complete delamination since the wood under the FRP is mush. This was a small opening. Also, when I inserted my finger into the weep holes there was nothing but air. | ||||||||||||||||||
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I stood outside this Catalina 30 for quite a while trying to figure out what was odd??? I should have noticed right away that about eight inches of the keel had been cut off in an effort to produce a shoal draft keel. Just when I thought I'd seen everything. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Then they put the cut off sections of the lead keel in the bilge on top of the keel bolts. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Here is what keel bolts should not look like. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Some nasty looking exhaust hoses. Also, notice the in line automotive fuel filter. As soon as I touched it for inspection the automotive fuel hose broke spilling out gasoline. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same boat with gate valve. Do I need to explain this. I hope not. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Aft section of hull to deck joint. Sailed hard and neglected. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Steel hull with questionable repair. The rest of the hull also looked like a quilt. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Here's a view from the inside. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same boat. The entire hull needed to be removed and renewed. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Yes it gets cold up here in upstate N.Y. | ||||||||||||||||||
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I suspect that there was a waste system here at on time?? Notice the wires that probably went to the macerator. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is another example why boats sink!! | ||||||||||||||||||
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The transom is mush under this cracked gel coat. The owner had recently purchased the boat and was having an Insurance C&V Survey performed. I had to inform him that no insurance company would insure the boat in it's present condition. I see a fair amount of boats that have serious problems when doing a Survey so the new owners can obtain insurance. Bad engine stringers are another common issue that an untrained new boat owner would not likely notice. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Aft bulkhead separated from the hull. | ||||||||||||||||||
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FRP molded keel bottom. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sometimes issues are obvious. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Again, obvious problem. The deck above was allowing water to enter below. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same boat as the picture above. If the boat is priced well below market value there is usually a good reason. | ||||||||||||||||||
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A Gate vale with nothing attached. Well below the water line in an area where access is difficult. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Almost as dangerous as the earlier picture above. Scupper hose to the left is in poor condition. Both hoses are single clamped with corrosion evident on the clamps. | ||||||||||||||||||
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The float switch for the bilge pump is not secured. Note the plastic bag by the bilge pump that is limiting the water intake. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mapping the hull with tape of the moisture in the cored hull of this 48' vessel. A Per Purchase client was very eager and excited at the prospect of owning this boat. Excessive moisture was present between the two dotted lines of red tape. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Same boat only the port side. Moisture is below the yellow line. The same condition exists on the starboard side. Extreme care must be taken when examining cored hulls. My only regret is that I was not in possession of my Infrared camera at the time. This is a very popular manufacturer who generally makes a quality product. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cooling system of MerCruiser Engine on a recent sea trial. The software allows me to check the temperature at exactly 144,000 different points on this picture after it is taken. Same engine below a few minutes later.. See a problem??? | ||||||||||||||||||
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Generator and exhaust system
Another engine cooling system. |
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