02-14-2012
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Only a specific 'engine survey' (as opposed to the yacht survey) is likely to give you any usable information on the engine. A compression test will go a long way to reassuring you about an older engine. Keep in mind that an older engine, if properly maintained and regularly run will probably be in a better state than an engine that has sat idle for years.
Another 'peace of mind' factor, esp on a salt water boat, is the presence of FW cooling.
Regular pre-purchase surveyors are not usually going to include an engine survey, for the most part they will not be engine experts/mechanics, just as few of them will be rigging experts. Extremely cautious buyers may commission 3 survey/inspections - the boat, the engine, and the rig. Few actually do, I'd guess.
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Capt G E Ericson (from "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat)
1984 Fast/Nicholson 345
Last edited by Faster; 02-14-2012 at 05:37 PM.
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