Last fall, I was considering buying a vintage Sea Ray, which was advertised in Stuart. I drove to Stuart from Pensacola to examine it along with two other boats in S Florida. I contacted a surveyor and requested that he examine boat for rot, especially in the stringers and stern. I signed contract and paid him. The surveyor phoned me and advised me that he could only find one soft spot on an aft hatch. After Sea Trial, I purchased boat and trailered it back to Pensacola. I latter discovered 2'x2' void spot between transom assemblies in the stern, which he should have identified. He also missed internal bow stringer and two minor rotten places, that I have since replaced. I have to pull at least one motor to access the rot that he missed with his equipment. There is no excuse for him missing the transom rot.
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