Boat Survey/Inspection Results
During my last boat survey/inspection for the insurance company; four things were identified for correction. I am curious what others are getting in the way of recommendations from their inspections as it could be useful to learn what to look for from a saftey perspective and I am curious what they are concentrating on.
In my case they did not like:
1. A slightly loose thru hull bronze fitting (you could turn it with some effort) which they advised be rebeded and tightened. Had all three below waterline bronze thru hulls replaced with new ones and one capped and also replaced two bronze seacocks. Overkill perhaps as they appeared to be in pretty good condition.
2. Wiring for the bilge pumps down low in the bilge needed to be gathered up and attached/suspended higher up in the bilge.
3. They did not like that someone had previously zap strapped the wires for one of the bilge pumps directly to one of the fuel lines which was attached to the side of the bilge. Solution was to cut them off and install separate attachment clips in the bilge for the bilge pump wires.
4. That corrosion be removed from the underside of the gas filler cap assembly and the static discharge ground wire attached to it and the ground confirmed. Good catch on their part and hard to even see this. They must have got their head up under the gunnel with a flashlight. Did not even mess with trying to clean corrosion from the gas filler assembly and bought a brand new one and had the mechanic install it.
That was it and very happy the Transom and Stringers were determined to be good.
What are they finding on others boats?
During my last boat survey/inspection for the insurance company; four things were identified for correction. I am curious what others are getting in the way of recommendations from their inspections as it could be useful to learn what to look for from a saftey perspective and I am curious what they are concentrating on.
In my case they did not like:
1. A slightly loose thru hull bronze fitting (you could turn it with some effort) which they advised be rebeded and tightened. Had all three below waterline bronze thru hulls replaced with new ones and one capped and also replaced two bronze seacocks. Overkill perhaps as they appeared to be in pretty good condition.
2. Wiring for the bilge pumps down low in the bilge needed to be gathered up and attached/suspended higher up in the bilge.
3. They did not like that someone had previously zap strapped the wires for one of the bilge pumps directly to one of the fuel lines which was attached to the side of the bilge. Solution was to cut them off and install separate attachment clips in the bilge for the bilge pump wires.
4. That corrosion be removed from the underside of the gas filler cap assembly and the static discharge ground wire attached to it and the ground confirmed. Good catch on their part and hard to even see this. They must have got their head up under the gunnel with a flashlight. Did not even mess with trying to clean corrosion from the gas filler assembly and bought a brand new one and had the mechanic install it.
That was it and very happy the Transom and Stringers were determined to be good.
What are they finding on others boats?
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