Contract for Pre-Purchase Yacht Survey
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Introduction to Marine Survey and my particular value.
Why
a survey?
Surveys
are needed for pre-purchase, insurance, financing, transportation, pre-race
and other reasons where a professional opinion of condition
and/or value is required.
Choosing
a surveyor:
Choose
a surveyor based upon his experience, knowledge and
accreditation. Choose on the basis of his experience with the
type of vessel of your interest.
Why choose me?
My specialty is production cruising catamarans. My strongest suit is
consulting with potential purchasers, helping them understand
their own needs, requirements and capabilities. I suggest that
potential clients purchase and read my latest book:
Cruising Catamaran Communiqué
in order to
fully advantage themselves of my experience and propensity to
provide large amounts of nice-to-know along with the
need-to-know information.
I perform surveys on all sailboats and some motor yachts and powerboats.
In my 30 years surveying, I have surveyed over 1000
vessels of different types, sailed over 100,000 miles and
lived aboard sailboats for 15 years, given countless lectures
and presentations, written several books and numerous magazine
articles, and field tested many marine products for manufacturers.
I do mostly pre-purchase C&V (condition and value) surveys and I
insist that the purchaser be at the survey. I do considerable
consulting work and provide expert witness testimony.
My professional accrediting organization is:
Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS)
4605 Cardinal Blvd.
Jacksonville, Florida, 32210
800-344-9077 or 904-384-1494
www.marinesurvey.org
Limitations
No surveyor can or will warrantee a vessel. Warrantees and guarantees are strictly the province of the
manufacturer, designer, builder or dealer. A surveyor can only
give you a reasoned professional opinion of the condition of
the vessel and its legal compliance issues at the date of
inspection within the constraints of non-destructive testing
as described in the accrediting organization literature and on
this page.
Contact me at: surveyor@sailcopress.com
Tell: 561-369-7828
Fax: 561-742-1704
Cell: 305-731-3307
Skype: charleskanter