What you should and should not expect from your Marine Surveyor

You should expect your surveyor to act in a courteous, professional manner and be punctual with appointments and keep his promises. HE SHOULD ACT AS YOUR ADVOCATE IN YOUR BOAT PURCHASE. You should expect your surveyor to be knowledgeable about your boat and take the trouble to research databases, Fair Market Value and other details as they apply to the boat being surveyed. You should expect impartial opinions and unbiased recomendations.

With use after purchase, you may discover problems that the surveyor missed. No assurance can be made that every problem will be discovered during the limited time of an inspection/sea trial.

Guarantees are normally provided by manufacturers and some sellers.

Marinetech does not provide any guarantees whatsoever either expressed or implied. In the event of omissions or errors Marinetech will not be responsible for consequential damages and liability will be limited to the cost of the survey. It is only under these conditions that Marinetech agrees to inspect the subject vessel.

We wish to make you aware that we provide gas engine compression testing, oil analysis and corrosion surveys at additional cost. If you do not request such tests, they will NOT be performed!

On sailboats, rigging inspections are done from deck level. For a full rigging inspection you should hire a rigger.

Marinetech uses the Standards set by the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC). Not all Standards are checked during the course of a Marine Survey. Hopefully, you will have picked a surveyor who prioritzes using common sense to determine what is important.

It's a good thing to get a verbal summary of findings and recomendations but there is no substitute to seeing the written report on your computer screen after the surveyor has had a chance to work on his report, research findings, and just give things some thought. WAIT FOR THE WRITTEN REPORT BEFORE YOU ASSUME ANYTHING!

You should not expect your surveyor to word his Report in a manner that suites you or adjust the Fair Market Value to your desires. If he does, then you have found a dishonest surveyor and everything else that comes with that!

MARINETECH SURVEYING MAKES NO CLAIMS OF BEING ENGINE MECHANICS BY PROFESSION. WE ARE GENERAL MARINE SURVEYORS. IT MAY BE IN YOUR INTEREST TO GET A SEPERATE ENGINE SURVEY FROM A FACTORY TRAINED MECHANIC SPECIFIC TO THE MAKE ENGINE.

PAYMENT IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF SURVEY DAY. NO REFUNDS AFTER PAYMENT UNLESS SURVEY REPORT IS REJECTED BY INSURANCE OR FINANCING INSTITUTION!

MY GUARANTEE IS ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT, NOT THE ISSUING OF INSURANCE OR FINANCING!