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kgregg posted 08-06-2002 10:31 PM ET (US)
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My offer of 14,000 for a 91 Outrage 19, Merc 135 outboard and 91 galv trailer was accepted by the seller today! This boat was mentioned here at http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/002377.html . Sale is subject to satisfactory boat survey to be done at my expense. I plan to call local Whaler dealer (Whalertowne.com) and ask them who they recommend for marine surveys in Annapolis MD area. How much does a survey cost lately? What do I tell the surveyor to pay special attention to? Thanks.

Morocco posted 08-06-2002 11:50 PM ET (US)
Congrats -- I can recommend Jerry Tripitelli -- during the nightmare that I went through in trying to buy a Revenge from a wacko this spring Jerry was professional, supportive and generally a real gentleman. I think (I'd have to look it up) it was like $10 a foot. Either way, when the deal fell through, he refunded my money quickly and without any whining.
Most surveyors (on the East coast especially) know what to look for in Whalers. I know that Jerry is very familiar with Whalers.
I would also make sure that the buyer will accept a deposit and a written agreement to sell the boat to you for the agreed on price,
as well as what would 'void' the sale -- basically that the surveyor says that the boat has some big flaw that makes it not as it appears. Tom Clarke was nice enough to show up to look at a different Revenge that I was getting surveyed in Seattle -- it had a huge delamination, so it wasn't the 'turnkey' boat that the seller thought it was.
Gerard Trippitelli, Associate
Harbor Marine Surveys, LLC
P O Box 4547
Wilmington, DE 19807
Phone: 610 388-2522
Fax: 610 388-9280
Toll Free: 877 388-2522
David Jenkins posted 08-07-2002 06:22 AM ET (US)
Are you saying that the surveyor refunded your money when the deal fell through?
Jimm posted 08-07-2002 08:29 AM ET (US)
Ditto. I thought that he did his job well and that he would keep the fee.
Bigshot posted 08-07-2002 10:23 AM ET (US)
The deal fell through before he could survey it.
Kgregg....you double posted this! Check your other post.
kgregg posted 08-07-2002 11:26 AM ET (US)
I started this thread in "Marketplace" then realized it probably belonged only in "General" Sorry for double posting.
Morocco posted 08-07-2002 02:24 PM ET (US)
You have to send the fee in advance for the surveyor to schedule the travel/survey -- Jerry could have kept the money, (the seller jerked him around as well when he was trying to get to the boat to do the survey) but he really impressed me by sending it back.
David Ratusnik posted 08-07-2002 09:46 PM ET (US)
Sold a 23' Chris Craft approx 3 years ago. Paid $120 to have deal go thru. Port Canaveral, FLA area. Suspect fee varies by area. David

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Author	Topic: Think I bought a Whaler today!
kgregg	posted 08-06-2002 10:31 PM ET (US) Group- My offer of 14,000 for a 91 Outrage 19, Merc 135 outboard and 91 galv trailer was accepted by the seller today! This boat was mentioned here at http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/002377.html . Sale is subject to satisfactory boat survey to be done at my expense. I plan to call local Whaler dealer (Whalertowne.com) and ask them who they recommend for marine surveys in Annapolis MD area. How much does a survey cost lately? What do I tell the surveyor to pay special attention to? Thanks.
Morocco	posted 08-06-2002 11:50 PM ET (US) Congrats -- I can recommend Jerry Tripitelli -- during the nightmare that I went through in trying to buy a Revenge from a wacko this spring Jerry was professional, supportive and generally a real gentleman. I think (I'd have to look it up) it was like $10 a foot. Either way, when the deal fell through, he refunded my money quickly and without any whining. Most surveyors (on the East coast especially) know what to look for in Whalers. I know that Jerry is very familiar with Whalers. I would also make sure that the buyer will accept a deposit and a written agreement to sell the boat to you for the agreed on price, as well as what would 'void' the sale -- basically that the surveyor says that the boat has some big flaw that makes it not as it appears. Tom Clarke was nice enough to show up to look at a different Revenge that I was getting surveyed in Seattle -- it had a huge delamination, so it wasn't the 'turnkey' boat that the seller thought it was. Gerard Trippitelli, Associate Harbor Marine Surveys, LLC P O Box 4547 Wilmington, DE 19807 Phone: 610 388-2522 Fax: 610 388-9280 Toll Free: 877 388-2522
David Jenkins	posted 08-07-2002 06:22 AM ET (US) Are you saying that the surveyor refunded your money when the deal fell through?
Jimm	posted 08-07-2002 08:29 AM ET (US) Ditto. I thought that he did his job well and that he would keep the fee.
Bigshot	posted 08-07-2002 10:23 AM ET (US) The deal fell through before he could survey it. Kgregg....you double posted this! Check your other post.
kgregg	posted 08-07-2002 11:26 AM ET (US) I started this thread in "Marketplace" then realized it probably belonged only in "General" Sorry for double posting.
Morocco	posted 08-07-2002 02:24 PM ET (US) You have to send the fee in advance for the surveyor to schedule the travel/survey -- Jerry could have kept the money, (the seller jerked him around as well when he was trying to get to the boat to do the survey) but he really impressed me by sending it back.
David Ratusnik	posted 08-07-2002 09:46 PM ET (US) Sold a 23' Chris Craft approx 3 years ago. Paid $120 to have deal go thru. Port Canaveral, FLA area. Suspect fee varies by area. David