[Public-List] Can anyone recommend a surveyor in the San Francisco Bay area?

[jreadams6]

You probably do not need to haul. However, I would as she has not been out
in two years, and this way you start with a clean bottom (if you haul out
and paint.)

Do you need an insurance survey? That might require you to haul out?

You need to look at the rudder to make sure all is good, shake the shaft to
see how much play is in the cutless bearing (should not be any), and it
would be good to see how many decades of paint is on the bottom.

For the rudder - see if you can lift the rudder and inspect the pin at the
bottom. How much play is there, and does the pin look like it is worn
down.  The pintle and gudgeon half way up should not look as if they are
about to fall off - specifically the pin should not look as if is worn down.

Yours is a new boat - so the rudder goes through the deck differently than
mine. Do you  have the maintenance manual? It is something you should get
as it hits on all  aspects of the boat and is worth a buy - reach out to
the Alberg 30 Association alberg30.org for a copy

Jonathan
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On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 1:51 PM Jeff via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Hello and happy New Year! I'm starting it out by buying an A30 from 1971.
> Don't know the hull number yet.
>
> The current owner is very knowledgeable and seems to have maintained it
> well for the last 9 years so I think it's solid. I'm on a budget, but this
> is my first boat and I don't know what I'm doing, so I still want to do a
> proper pre-purchase survey. Preferably with someone experienced enough to
> advise me of any big-ticket repairs that will be needed down the road! I
> know the rigging was replaced in 2011 and it was hauled and painted 2 years
> ago. It has an Atomic 4 with 1000 hours on it that seems to be in good
> working order, but I don't know engines. Sails seem OK, as do the decks. As
> far as I can tell the only things it really needs are some cosmetic touch
> ups and a windlass etc. set up on the bow if I want to be able to anchor
> out easily.
>
> So my two main questions are 1, does anyone know a Bay Area surveyor? And
> 2, if you were buying it on a budget would you do a haul out as part of the
> survey or skip that to save money? Assuming no unforseen issues it
> shouldn't need a bottom job yet. The owner seems trustworthy and to have
> maintained everything I can see including the through-hulls.
>
> Feel free to email me separately if you want to instead:
> jefdaj at protonmail.ch
>
> Thanks
> Jeff
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