a polite request from a p*ss*d off surveyor

Re: As a Surveyor and having experienced it ....

Hi Nigel,

What I said:

Dragging deflated dinghys or cannister liferafts out of deep lockers is sometimes impossible without help, I for one am not a labourer and I'm not going to risk getting a hernia and spoiling my sailing. To find every locker jammed full, plus dinghies, liferafts and mainsails in stak packs still on the boom stored below often makes our job impossible.

How Robih spun it:

I can imagine shackle bags and other detritus which I keep in my sail locker being unceremoniously dumped on teak/sails/canvas and me having to pick up the consequences.

Imagine is right.............

is that a shoulder bag or handbag for the shackles then?
 
I have the solution. Employ a little lad for a tenner to do the donkey work. That way will ease your social conscience as well! (I think).
 
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is that a shoulder bag or handbag for the shackles then?

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Oi! You've got to share a berth with him in Antigua, I've booked the flights and everything.
 
I allways leave everything in the lockers ,let them earn their money I say. Also mark the level in the spirit bottles then deduct from the fee for any tots gone astray.if in doubt dip fuel tanks as well.

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John,

How long have you worked for 'Relate' then?

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I used to say that, as an estate agent, I was more like a social worker.
 
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I've been in the business along enough to have a client base of nice people many of whom have become friends, so I don't actually care.

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So, remind me again why you started this thread.
 
Re: clients

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FROM NOW ON ANYBODY REQUIRING MY SERVICES WILL HAVE TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW FIRST TO SEE IF THEY ARE SUITABLE. THESE WILL BE HELD IN ANTIGUA

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On a serious note,how much dismantling of cabin soles hull linings etc are you surveyors prepared to do?

Not really an issue on an insurance survey but on a pre purchase survey well fastened down joinery could be hiding all sorts of bodged repairs which may be invisible under paint or antifoul on the outside.
 
Isn't that really a question for the purchaser? The SBBNF standard form is clear enough about it, IIRC - prospective purchaser pays yard to open up for surveyor and pays yard to make good afterwards.
 
"So, remind me again why you started this thread".

because I have always taken pride in doing the job properly and want to continue to do so. I have personally been responsible for preventing many boats sinking, exploding, being dismasted, falling apart at sea etc etc. This has only been achieved by doing the job properly. If the boat is so full of heavy gear, (and please read what I originally said), that I cannot shift it singlehandedly without risk of injury, then I can't do the job properly. My final comment reflects my reaction to the increasing minority of yotties who see things like some who have posted here. But again please read what I said. I have built up a Client base by hard work and diligence. My clients are nice people who appreciate the service they get and come back. However with the problem I described there logically comes a point where you can't do the job properly and if that is reached I for one will not do it at all.
If you feel that warranted the tirade of abuse it prompted it's fine by me but the nub of the matter is being able to do the job properly which is what the Client pays for and I for one enjoy doing.
 
That would be the ideal situation but I would wager that surveyors often turn up to boats where nothing has been removed or dismantled in preperation and then have to do as best they can.
 
I thought you was a lert?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Isn't a Lert, an ancient Welsh title? Something Bardic I thought?
 
not really sure Smiffy.i remember in days gone by getting all sorts of instructions about lerts ie Stay a lert. Be a lert. Keep a lert. There obviously valuable items but no one ever explained precisely what they are?
 
I was always very excited when I was instructed to bomb a lert, but despite making a large collection of suitable explosives, I never did find one to blow up
 
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