Step 5: Inspection and survey
What a surveyor looks at, what they leave out, and what the findings will cost you.
All 16 guides, in reading order
- Why you need your own pre-purchase survey 2 min
- What a survey includes, and what a surveyor does not inspect 2 min
- How to read a survey report and cost the findings 2 min
- The haul-out checklist and running gear 2 min
- Hull moisture readings and delamination 2 min
- Osmosis: serious or superficial? 2 min
- Keel, rudder and steering inspection 2 min
- Seacocks, through-hulls and skin fittings 2 min
- Fuel tanks, gas installation, plumbing and holding tanks 2 min
- Teak deck inspection 2 min
- Standing rigging and spars: when replacement is due 2 min
- Sails and deck hardware 2 min
- Mechanical survey and oil analysis 2 min
- Electrical system and generator 2 min
- Catamaran-specific inspection points 2 min
- The sea trial checklist 2 min