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Could anyone recommend a good boat surveyor in Essex?.
Particularly someone who knows his way around VP D6's.
Thanks for any recommendations.
 
Most surveyors will not do much more than comment on engines. Usually they are not even run during a survey.

You can get an independent marine engineer to do a separate engine survey, which I did when I bought my boat, but to be honest it was a waste of money as I found out nothing I could not have worked out for myself.

What's the boat???
 
Cant agree with you there neale, not every boater on this planet knows engines inside out, the engines in a boat make up for about one third of its value, imagine buying a boat to find out both engines are worn out, have serious mechanical defects, make the boat unuseable etc.

A normal survey just checks the hull, sterngear, windows and interior, yes sometimes a good surveyor will look at the engine installation, check engine mounts, fuel lines, wiring.

The idea of an engine survey is to make a thorough visual inspection carry out a sea trial with the floor up, making an inspection while under way, ive done many and you would not believe what you can find out.

If you go deeper a compression check can be carried out, on larger engines like caterpillar, man etc when your spending large amounts of money even a bore scope is worth doing.

I spoke to spitfire 1 (Terry) yesterday and pointed out 3 things to look for over the phone 2 on the drives and 1 on the engine that are now becoming regular faults with the D6 as time has gone on.

Hope you agree???
 
I do agree with you and should have justified my remarks. MY engine survey was a waste of money. A good one that looks at compression, service history, maybe even an oil analysis and takes the boat for a run to check performance etc would be worthwhile if engines are not your thing.

The point I was trying to make, rather badly, was that a normal survey will do nothing more than a visual inspection so get a good one but don't get hung up on their ability to look at the engines specifically.

IF you can find a good engineer, get a separate engine survey. Don't do what I did and just pay someone for an engine survey only to find they have done nothing more than a casual look over the engines.

Sounds like you are ideally suited to the task. Are you near Essex???
 
Second Phil White. He used to be the engineer at Priors yard, before striking out on his own, so should know his way around.
 
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