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Originally Posted by JohnRPollard
The surveyors must love you!! 
Why would an owner let a stranger with whom they have no contractual relation send a surveyor aboard their vessel?  |
Because the owner wants to sell the boat. A prospective buyer who is willing to pay for a survey is obviously interested.
The prospective buyer is also a "stranger with whom they have no contractual relation." Why is it ok to let one stranger inspect the boat but not another? The surveyor in this case is acting as the buyer's representative, just as a buyer's broker would be.
What the sellers really fear is a very knowledgable person examining the boat before some poor fish of a buyer has signed on the dotted line.
If the boat is in good condition, no owner should object.