survey on CD28 delayed

[Phil]

The weather is not cooperating. Usually we have sunny days here in Jacksonville, esp during the "winter". Got up this am to go meet with the surveyor and owner and it is pouring rain, just miserable. I was so looking forward to this day. Now the survey has been delayed for at least another week and possibly longer. Im just a little upset. I know, getting upset at the weather is pretty silly but I am all the same. Just needed to vent a little, thanks for listening.

Phil



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[Dave]

Phil,

Look at it this way. Alot of us are stuck up here in the snow.

Dave

The weather is not cooperating. Usually we have sunny days here in Jacksonville, esp during the "winter". Got up this am to go meet with the surveyor and owner and it is pouring rain, just miserable. I was so looking forward to this day. Now the survey has been delayed for at least another week and possibly longer. Im just a little upset. I know, getting upset at the weather is pretty silly but I am all the same. Just needed to vent a little, thanks for listening.

Phil

ddsailor25@ureach.com

[Ken Cave]

Be sure to have the boat "on the hard" when you have it surveyed-and have the surveyor pay close attention to blisters, play in the prop shaft, and condition of the rudder post!

In getting insurance, you will need this survey for the insurance company.

Ken Cave
Dragon Tale
Cape Dory 28-#227



bcave@whidbey.net

[Stan W.]

Ken's post reminds me of a situation I ran into that you might want to avoid. My surveyor included a helpful list of "recommendations" in his survey. When my insurance company saw this, they wanted to make completion of EVERY item on the list a condition of the insurance. However, the list included some substantial items that I do not consider to be urgent priorities (e.g., rebed toe-rail and rub-rail). Eventually, I sent them a letter detailing the items that I had and had not done, which seemed to satisfy them. My suggestion would be to have your surveyor indicate clearly which items truly are loss prevention items (if you don't fix it the boat might sink or someone might drown) and which items merely are cosmetic/convenience items (if you don't fix it the toilet paper might get damp).



smwheatley@capecod.net

[Phil]

Be sure to have the boat "on the hard" when you have it surveyed-and have the surveyor pay close attention to blisters, play in the prop shaft, and condition of the rudder post!

In getting insurance, you will need this survey for the insurance company.

Thanks for the reply. The boat will be hauled for the survey, I have a good list of items I will make sure the surveyor checks out.
Phil



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[Ken Coit]

Our surveyor made a similar list, but it was more on target. I wish he had caught a few other items.

The insurance company (through BOAT/US) took a similar view - fix it before you leave the slip.

Ken
CD/36 Parfait
Raleigh, NC

Ken's post reminds me of a situation I ran into that you might want to avoid. My surveyor included a helpful list of "recommendations" in his survey. When my insurance company saw this, they wanted to make completion of EVERY item on the list a condition of the insurance. However, the list included some substantial items that I do not consider to be urgent priorities (e.g., rebed toe-rail and rub-rail). Eventually, I sent them a letter detailing the items that I had and had not done, which seemed to satisfy them. My suggestion would be to have your surveyor indicate clearly which items truly are loss prevention items (if you don't fix it the boat might sink or someone might drown) and which items merely are cosmetic/convenience items (if you don't fix it the toilet paper might get damp).

parfait@nc.rr.com

[Phil]

Ken's post reminds me of a situation I ran into that you might want to avoid. My surveyor included a helpful list of "recommendations" in his survey. When my insurance company saw this, they wanted to make completion of EVERY item on the list a condition of the insurance. However, the list included some substantial items that I do not consider to be urgent priorities (e.g., rebed toe-rail and rub-rail). Eventually, I sent them a letter detailing the items that I had and had not done, which seemed to satisfy them. My suggestion would be to have your surveyor indicate clearly which items truly are loss prevention items (if you don't fix it the boat might sink or someone might drown) and which items merely are cosmetic/convenience items (if you don't fix it the toilet paper might get damp).

Stan, all good points. I am kind of concerned about insurance tho.
The CD is a 74 model I dont know what the hull# is but I suspect it is pretty low. I am spending approx 12k for the boat and expect to put another 10k into it..This would keep it in the self insurable range for me..I dont even know if I could get a boat that old insured.

Phil



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[Ken Cave]

Phil:

It really does not matter how old the hull is on a Cape Dory as long as it is sound! I met an inspector that worked for the Coast Guard years ago, and he told me that the ONLY boat manufacturer that he could go to at any time, and know that the job of building boats was a number one priority was the Cape Dory!

I have a 1979 CD 28 and am presently "on the hard" installing a new Volvo 2020 (which is made by SMI for Perkins for Volvo using Catapiller parts!)-and I will be telling this story later.

If the boat is sound and in good shape, you got a winner and will give you years of wonderful sailing experiences.

Ken Cave



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