What happens when a boat is surveyed?
If you have never had a boat surveyed before there are a number of ways of handling a survey. Usually the buyer contacts the surveyor of his choice and the haul out yard of his choice and sets a time for haul out and survey. The buyer and someone representing the seller, usually the broker, deliver the boat to the yard at the appointed time. The surveyor does the interior and above water portion immediately before or after the haul out where the in water portion of the survey is done. This method results in one trip for the surveyor to the vessel. Another option is to have the survey broken into two parts where the surveyor does the in water portion first and then if no major problems arise the vessel is moved to do the out of water portion. Each method has its advantages.
