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STANDARD
PRE-PURCHASE SURVEY
| Client:
Removed for privacy |
Date
of report: March 16th 2006 |
| Removed
for privacy |
Our
File #: Removed for privacy |
| Bellevue,
WA 98006 |
|
This
inspection was performed upon the request of the client listed
above on March 14th 2006 while the vessel was hauled and afloat
at Shelter Island Boat Yard, 2330 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego,
California and Mr. & Mrs. X attended.
VESSEL
DESCRIPTION
| Builder:
Carver |
Doc.
#: Removed for privacy |
| Model/type:
Californian 55 |
HIN:
Removed for privacy |
| Year:
1989 (model) |
Engine
# & MFG.: (2) Detroit Diesels |
| Length:
55’ * |
Name:
Removed for privacy |
| Draft:
4’ 3” * |
Hailing
Port: San Diego, CA |
| Beam:
15’ 2” * |
Weight:
53,000 lbs. (travel lift’s scale) |
| *
listing specifications |
|
HULL & STRUCTURE
Keel
& bottom: Molded fiberglass construction, unknown core, modified
V-shape, hard chines, lifting strakes, black anti-fouling paint
Topsides
& transom: Molded fiberglass construction, unknown core, off
white with black and gold boot stripe
Decks
& superstructure: Molded fiberglass construction, unknown
core, off white with black and gold stripe around superstructure
Deck
hardware: Stainless steel flybridge safety rail, stainless steel
bow safety rail, cleats, foredeck hatch, grab rails
Longitudinals/stringers:
Fiberglass encased stringers
Athwartships/bulkheads/frames:
Plywood bulkheads
Layout/interior
components: Flybridge cockpit motor yacht, ladder to starboard
from cockpit to aft deck and door to port between cockpit and
aft cabin. Wing doors forward on aft deck to walk around decks.
Ladder to port forward from aft deck to flybridge, flybridge has
helm forward and bench seats aft. Hard top over aft deck has tender
and davit. Hinged centerline door from aft deck to saloon. To
port aft in saloon is passageway to aft cabins. Aft cabin has
center berth and head to starboard forward. Forward of aft cabin
is starboard cabin with berth and clothes washer and dryer. Head
to port in passageway. Saloon has helm to starboard forward, engines
below saloon sole. Down and forward from saloon is galley to port
and dinette to starboard. Cabin forward with head to port.
Bilge:
Minimal water
Comments:
The vessel was inspected while hauled and afloat. The hull bottom
was visually inspected and randomly sounded. The hull bottom is
in satisfactory – good structural condition. The broker
reports that the vessel was hauled, the bottom was painted and
“a dozen” blisters were repaired in May 2005. The
clients found paperwork indicating other blisters were repaired
at Knight & Carver Yacht Center previously. At the time of
the survey there were approximately 2-dozen blisters visible,
mostly less than 1” in diameter. Some exhibited a “delamination
report” when percussion tested, some were hard. There were
areas which exhibit prior blister repairs including grinder marks
and small green spots (indicative of a specific type of compound
“oozing” from the repair). The anti-fouling paint
exhibits good coverage. The hull sides and transom were visually
inspected and randomly sounded as possible while the vessel was
hauled. The hull sides and transom are in good structural and
satisfactory – good cosmetic condition. There are a few
dings in the rub rail and a few areas which exhibit stress cracks
about the rub rail. The transom has been painted. There is a repair
on the port hull side aft, apparently at scrapes in the hull.
The boot stripe exhibits wear. The deck and superstructure were
visually inspected, randomly sounded and randomly tested with
a moisture meter. The deck and superstructure are in satisfactory
– good structural and cosmetic condition. There is a crack
in the forward edge of the sliding hatch to the flybridge. The
black stripe on the front of the superstructure is worn. There
are patches on the hard top deck, apparently where a previous
tender chock was installed. There are cracks and prior repairs
on the outboard forward edges of the hard top. The deck hardware
including safety rails, mooring devices, hatches and windows was
visually inspected and I attempted to open and close most of the
hatches and windows. Overall, the deck hardware appears satisfactory.
The flybridge and aft deck isinglass is weathered. The bait tank
is not secured or currently plumbed. I could not slide several
of the windows, including windows to starboard in the aft cabin,
in the starboard cabin, in the port head and on both sides in
the saloon. The handle is broken off the window in the starboard
cabin and there is corrosion and weathering in the window tracks.
The structural reinforcements including the longitudinal stringers
and bulkheads were visually inspected and randomly sounded. The
structural reinforcements appear to be in as-built condition.
The condition of coring material within the stringers, deck and
elsewhere as applicable, is beyond the scope of this survey. The
bilge is holding minimal water, stains, oil below the starboard
engine and construction type debris. The vessel has a slight list
to starboard. There are two distinct water lines in the aft engine
room bilge, evidence of prior water accumulations. The conduit,
fuel hose and electrical wire clamps used throughout the vessel
have failed to a large extent. The aluminum straps in these clamps
have corroded through. The inflatable tender is low on air. There
is lint visible in the starboard side of the engine room, apparently
from a leak in the dryer’s vent hose.
Summary:
Satisfactory
MACHINE SYSTEMS
Main
engines: Two Detroit Diesel, port engine model # 8063-7400, 6V92
- Covington application
Engine
application: Diesel, inboard, 6-cylinders, freshwater cooled,
turbocharged, 962 and 977 hours on meters
Serial
Numbers: Port - 6VF-160746, Starboard – not visible
Transmissions:
Twin Disc model MG509, ratio 2.0:1, Starboard serial number 5Z3032,
Port tag not accessible
External/peripherals:
Suitable application, satisfactory installation
Engine
controls: Hynautic hydraulic controls, dual lever system, flybridge,
aft deck and lower station controls
Exhaust
systems: Wet system, flexible hoses, fiberglass mufflers, aft
discharges
Propulsion
gear/shaft logs: 30 x 31 4-blade bronze counter rotating propellers,
2-bronze struts per shaft, 2-piece 2 ½” diameter
stainless steel propeller shafts, bronze packing glands
Steering
system/rudder ports: Bronze rudders, Hynautic hydraulic system
with flybridge and lower helms, bronze packing glands
Ventilation:
Engine room blowers
Generator:
Kohler, 16 KW, model 16CC063, serial number 219356
External/peripherals:
Suitable application, satisfactory installation, soft sound box,
exhaust discharge on starboard hull side forward of amidships,
1122 hours on meter
Through
hulls and components: Bronze through hulls, bronze ball valves,
bonded
Location
of through hulls as visible in travel lift slings: Port –
2-forward of amidships, 2-transducers forward of amidships, fin
stabilizer forward of amidships at strake, 3-amidships, 1-aft,
Starboard – 1-forward of amidships, 2-tranducers forward
of amidships, fin stabilizer forward of amidships, 2-amidships,
2-aft, zincs – shafts, trim tabs and transom
Seawater
systems: Reinforced hoses, single and double clamped connections
Bilge
pumps: Atwood electric/automatic aft, electric/automatic in forward
engine room bilge, three switches on panel
Comments:
The engines, transmissions and generator were visually inspected
and briefly tested about the boat yard. The clients have a mechanical
survey scheduled; please refer to that report for greater detail
as to the condition of the machine systems. The external surfaces
and peripheral components of the engines and transmissions appear
satisfactory. Deferred maintenance is apparent. There is surface
rust and corrosion on the outboard side of the port engine. There
is oil near the air-conditioner compressors, apparently from an
engine oil leak. There is emulsified oil below the starboard engine.
The engines were started prior to the survey; no cold start was
observed. The engines appeared to start and run normally. The
transmissions shifted normally. The surveyor did not attend a
sea trial. The clients report that sea trials which were attempted,
prior to the survey, were not completed. The engines would not
run properly, the preliminary diagnoses was fouled fuel. The engine
controls functioned normally. The throttle controls are slightly
stiff. The engine control reservoir pressure is currently forty
and should be maintained between eighty – eighty five. The
exhaust system is properly arranged and installed. There are rust
stains on the exhaust hoses near both engines, indicative of leaks.
There are fiberglass repairs on both mufflers. There is “sealant”
applied on the interior of the exhaust tubing, near the transom.
The propulsion components including the propellers, propeller
shafts, struts and shaft seals were visually inspected. The propellers
were percussion tested and spun with a fixed object adjacent to
the blades. The propeller shafts were not observed underway. Overall,
the propulsion components appear satisfactory – good. The
port shaft seal is leaking water excessively. The broker reports
that a “dripless packing” has been used. The starboard
propeller shaft was in contact with the bottom of the shaft tube,
while the vessel was hauled. The port propeller shaft is lower
than the center of its tube. The steering system was visually
inspected and tested. The steering system appeared to function
normally. The steering reservoir pressure gauge is at fifteen
and should be maintained between twenty-five and thirty. There
is an apparent oil leak at the starboard fin stabilizer. The engine
room blowers were not tested. The generator was visually inspected
with one section of the soft shield removed. The generator was
test operated and loaded. The generator ran normally and provided
power to the vessel. There is a freshwater flush system which
includes a garden hose and an unclamped hose connection, which
can be open to seawater with valves. The through hulls and related
components were visually inspected, scratched and tapped externally
and most of the valves were manipulated. The through hulls appear
satisfactory – good. There are unused through hulls in the
engine room and the lazarette. At least one unused through hull
still has a hose attached, the hose is plugged and the valve is
closed. The seawater systems were visually inspected and most
components were tested. Overall, the seawater systems appear satisfactory.
The entire length of hoses and the plumbing system for water,
waste and fuel was not traced and inspected. Overall, the plumbing
appears satisfactory. There are several white hoses currently
fitted with wood dowel plugs; they were apparently for an abandoned
waste system. The vessel now has Vacu-flush type heads. The bilge
pumps are faulty. The aft bilge pump is not functional in the
automatic mode and there is likely a pump located below the holding
tank; it was not visible and not functional.
Summary:
Satisfactory
TANKAGE
Fuel:
Aluminum tank in lazarette, 2-aluminum tanks in aft cabin’s
bilge – plumbed together, 730 gallon capacity *
Fill
& vent: Flexible hoses
Feed
& return: Red fuel hoses, Racor fuel/water separator filters
Water:
165-gallon aluminum tank below aft berth, 200 gallon capacity
*
Holding:
Aluminum tank in aft bilge, aluminum tank in galley bilge, 200
gallon capacity *
Comments:
The fuel system including the tanks, fill, vent, feed and return
lines was visually inspected as installed. Where visible the fuel
system components appear satisfactory. The condition of the fuel
is questionable. There is algae visible in the Racor fuel filter
bowls and a mechanic aboard the vessel prior to the survey reportedly
found algae in the fuel system components. The condition of the
fuel (and water) and the integrity of the tanks (fuel, water and
holding) is beyond the scope of this survey. Please consider filling
all tanks for a simple, practical test of their integrity. The
water pressure system functioned normally. The water pressure
inlet was not tested.
Summary:
Satisfactory
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
AC
system: One 30A/125V and one 50A/125/250V inlet per side, 110/220
volt system, 2-shore power cords
DC
system: Five 12-volt wet cell batteries in secure covered boxes
between engines, 2-battery switches in engine room, smaller 12V
battery to starboard in engine room, 12V-sealed gel battery below
step between cockpit and aft cabin
Wiring:
Multi-strand wires
Circuit
protection: Sub panel on flybridge, G.F.C.I. outlets in some locations,
main AC & DC circuit breakers on distribution panel to starboard
forward in saloon, branch AC & DC circuit breakers at panel
Comments:
The electrical system including the shore power cords, shore power
inlets, batteries, wiring, circuitry components and circuit protection
equipment was visually inspected and most components were test
operated. Overall the electrical system appears satisfactory.
The condition and age of the batteries is beyond the scope of
this survey. The primary battery bank’s batteries do not
have a date indicated on them. The listing broker gave a verbal
warning about operating the inverter and the air-conditioner simultaneously.
There is an unused battery cable aft of the batteries between
the engines. There is corrosion on battery cable connections on
the batteries between the engines. There are no DC engine room
lights functional. The Furuno sounder on the flybridge is not
well secured. The loran had no power. The following lights were
inoperative: flybridge courtesy lights, passageway light, two
lights in the forward head and the port side reading light in
the forward cabin. The inverter reportedly is only functional
as a battery charger. The flybridge VHF is not properly functional.
The spotlight would not move up or down. There is corrosion visible
on the electrical circuit breaker sub panel on the flybridge.
The wiring below the flybridge is generally disorganized. The
AC main circuit breaker for the 110-volt leg of the vessel tripped
during the survey. When re-energized and all branch circuit breakers
off, 20-amps were displayed, apparently from the inverter acting
as a charger we could not turn off the inverter. The AC duplex
on the aft deck has no power. There is a discontinued terminal
board with wires cut located to starboard in the lazarette, it
appears to have suffered overheating and has melted insulation.
The shower sump pumps for the aft heads are not functional. There
is no G.F.C.I. outlet in the aft head. The saloon air-conditioner
appeared to get warmer than the aft air conditioner. The proper
function of the air-conditioning/heating unit is beyond the scope
of this survey. The saloon stereo is partially functional. The
Signet Landmark multi-functional instrument at the lower helm
is not functional and reportedly has never been installed. The
windshield wipers are in bad condition. The trash compactor is
missing a dial and was not tested. There is a group of unused
bonding wires to port in the lazarette.
Summary:
Satisfactory
SAFETY
AND LIFE SAVING
Portable
fire extinguishers: Two dry chemical units on flybridge –
1994 & 2004, two dry chemical units on aft deck – 2004
& 1998, small dry chemical unit in starboard cabin –
1997, dry chemical unit in galley – 1998, dry chemical unit
in forward cabin – 1997
Fixed
fire system: Fireboy 200CG halon 1301 in engine room – 1998
Flotation
devices: Approximately 10-various type PFDs
Horn/distress
flares: Airhorn, flares aboard (expired)
Navigational/anchor
lights: Separate side lights, masthead/steaming, stern, all around,
anchor
Anchor
& ground tackle: 75-lb. CQR anchor with chain, 20 KG Bruce
anchor (lazarette)
Other
equipment: Ship’s bell, Revere 8-person life raft (1998),
406 MHz EPIRB (battery and hydrostatic release expired), four
CO alarms
Comments:
Safety equipment for fire fighting protection appears satisfactory
however; neither the fixed nor portable fire extinguishers have
been inspected in the past year, per N.F.P.A. recommendations.
Flotation devices appear satisfactory. The air horn is functional
and bold. Distress signal flares are aboard however their expiration
dates have passed. The navigational lights appear properly arranged
and installed. The anchor light has no lens, the stern light is
inoperative and the lenses are faded. The ground tackle including
the anchors and rode was visually inspected as installed and appears
satisfactory. The entire length of the anchor rode was not inspected
and should be so inspected prior to use. The lower helm compass
has an air bubble. The life raft has not been inspected and tagged
per the manufacturer’s recommendations. The EPIRB battery
is expired. The hydrostatic release devices on the life raft and
EPIRB do not have current certification.
Summary:
Satisfactory
ACCESSORIES
Navigational
& operational electronics: Furuno FCV-600L color bottom scope,
Furuno 48-mile radar, Robertson AP 200 DL autopilot, Northstar
951X GPS Navigator, Furuno LC-90 Mark II loran, Ritchie Powerdamp
compass, Horizon LH5 hailer, ICOM IC-M120 VHF, ICOM IC-M56 VHF,
Signet Landmark instrument, Ritchie Powerdamp compass
General
equipment: Swim platform, transom door, Naiad fin stabilizers,
internal sea strainers, water pressure pump, water pressure accumulator
tank, Sentry G160-3NL battery charger, 3-CruisAir air-conditioners,
UV water sterilizer, Reverso oil change system, engine mounted
hour meters, Walker Air Sep filters, Offshore Marine Lab B0815161
water maker, heart interface 2500 VA inverter, flybridge bimini
top with full isinglass enclosure, trim tabs with level indicators,
stern floodlights, aft deck hard top with isinglass enclosure,
flybridge engine instruments include: 2-tachometers, 2-oil psi.,
2-temperature and 2-volts, 2-tank level gauges, rudder angle indicator,
intercom, flybridge courtesy lights, 2-flybridge pedestal chairs,
flybridge bench seat, RayLine remote controlled spotlight, flybridge
stereo speakers, radar arch, fiberglass bait tank, fender holders,
3-windshield wipers, window sun covers, bow sprit with anchor
roller, aft deck lights, tender davit with electric winch, tender
chocks, Caribe model C-10 rigid hulled inflatable with HIN VE-EMD100471102
equipped with a 15-hp Mercury 4-stroke outboard engine (serial
and model numbers not accessible), TV/telephone inlet, Maxwell
Nilsson 2-direction electric windlass with foredeck and flybridge
controls, electric waste discharge pump, raw water pump, cockpit
shower spigot, aft deck sofa, aft deck table and chairs, aft deck
sink, U-Line refrigerator with icemaker, lead ballast in bilge
below aft berth, Phillips TV, vanity 3-Vacu-flush heads, head
fan, 3-sump collectors and pumps (aft), Frigidaire clothes water/dryer,
ship’s clock, Kenwood stereo, Sony TV, direct TV satellite
TV receiver, saloon sofa, occasional chair, 2-DC voltmeters, 2-DC
ammeters, 2-AC voltmeters, 2-AC ammeters, hertz meter, AC source
selector switches, lower helm engine instruments include 2-tachometers,
2-temperature, 2-oil psi. and 2-volts, water and holding tank
level gauges, TV antenna, Danby countertop dish washer, double
stainless steel sink, Hotpoint model CTX16C2BNRWW refrigerator/freezer,
Origo 4-burner stove, Sharp Carousel II convection microwave oven,
dinette, water heater, second waste discharge pump, forward shower
sump pump and collector, 2-ship’s clocks, barometer, reading
light
SUMMARY
The
vessel is a fiberglass flybridge cockpit motor yacht equipped
with two diesel inboard engines. The current owner is reportedly
the third owner and has owned the vessel since 1998. The engine,
transmission and generator are reportedly original. A disclosure
statement provided by the broker included the improper function
of the VHF on the flybridge and the engines’ synchronizers,
“dirty” fuel and the water maker is “pickled”.
The vessel appears basically structurally and mechanically sound
and upon completion of the recommendations should be suitable
for its intended purpose as a live-aboard and coastal cruising
vessel.
Overall
Summary: Satisfactory
VALUES
ACTUAL
CASH VALUE |
NEW
REPLACEMENT VALUE |
INVESTMENT |
$350,000 |
$1,200,000 |
N/A |
The actual cash value is the value that our research approximates
the selling price of this vessel should be, at the time and place
of our inspection. Consideration is given to vessel’s condition,
geographic location, published listings and guides, comparable
sales and listings, and market conditions. The new replacement
value is the cost of this or a similar, new vessel, comparably
equipped. The investment is the reported investment including
purchase price and significant upgrades. No values include maintenance
costs, storage or tax.
Standard
Form Key: All systems are rated based upon their appearance, ratings
include: Not examined, Not applicable, Faulty, Marginal, Satisfactory,
Good, Excellent.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1.
Clean the fuel filter bowls and fuel as necessary.
2. Provide and install a lens for the anchor light, service and
prove the stern light properly functional.
3. Replace the hydrostatic releases on the life raft and the EPIRB.
4. Eliminate the bubble in the compass.
5. Service and prove the flybridge VHF properly functional.
6. Service to eliminate the excessive water leak at the port propeller
shaft seal.
7. Service to eliminate any leaks at the exhaust system, clean
the rust stains on the exhaust hoses to allow detection of any
future leaks.
8. Upgrade the generator’s freshwater flush system to comply
with A.B.Y.C. regulations. Provide and install clamps (double
clamps if possible) on the unclamped hose connection and eliminate
the garden hose from the system.
9. Modify to eliminate the starboard propeller shaft contacting
the shaft tube.
10. Service and prove all three (apparently, only two visible)
bilge pumps properly functional in the manual and automatic modes.
11. Determine if the inverter is properly functional, service
as necessary and determine the significance of the warning about
using the inverter with the air-conditioners, address appropriately
and post any warning at the control for the inverter. Post a warning
on the main electrical panel of the existence of an inverter,
per A.B.Y.C. recommendations.
12. Assure that the battery cable located aft of the batteries
between the engines is de-energized and remove the cable.
13. Provide suitable DC lighting for the engine room.
14. Provide and install a G.F.C.I. outlet or otherwise modify
to allow that outlet to be protected by a G.F.C.I. outlet.
15. Certify the fixed and portable fire extinguishers per N.F.P.A.
recommendations.
16. Provide U.S.C.G. required, approved and current distress signal
flares.
17. Certify the life raft per the manufacturer’s recommendations.
18. Replace the battery in the EPIRB, consider upgrading the EPIRB
and consult with a qualified technician.
NOTES
1.
Replace the lenses on the navigational sidelights as necessary.
2. Service and prove the engines’ synchronizer properly
functional.
3. Clean the waterlines visible in the aft engine room bilge to
allow determination and detection of any future water accumulations.
4. Replace the numerous hose clamps broken throughout the vessel.
5. Service or replace the isinglass on the flybridge and aft deck
as desired.
6. Monitor the cracks visible in the forward edge of the sliding
hatch and in the forward corners of the hardtop and repair if/as
necessary.
7. Properly secure the bait tank.
8. Either repair blisters on the bottom or monitor and repair
as necessary.
9. Clean the lint from the engine room and assure that the dryer
vent is no longer leaking.
10. Service the windows as necessary or as desired, allow them
to slide, provide and install the missing handle, replace hardware
if necessary.
11.
Service as required to address the surface rust and corrosion
outboard on the port engine.
12. Service as necessary to address the oil visible near the air-conditioner
compressors outboard of the port engine.
13. Return the engine control reservoir to its designed pressure
range.
14. Service to eliminate the apparent oil leak at the starboard
fin stabilizer and clean leaked oil to allow detection of any
future leaks.
15. Clean the oil from below the starboard engine, service as
necessary to eliminate any leaks.
16. Assure that the large white hoses plugged with wood dowels
in at least two locations (port side forward engine room and by
forward holding tank) present no hazard, modify if/as necessary.
17. I encourage installing caps or plugs directly on unused through
hulls.
18. Determine the significance of the putty visible inside the
exhaust tubes visible from the transom, modify if/as necessary.
19. Return the steering reservoir pressure to 25 – 30; assure
that the steering system is properly functional, service to eliminate
any leaks.
20. Address various cosmetic maladies as desired.
21. Properly secure the Furuno sounder on the flybridge.
22. Service and prove the loran if desired.
23. Service the various inoperative lights as listed under electrical
system comments above.
24. Service and prove the spotlight properly functional.
25. Remove the corrosion visible on the electric sub panel on
the flybridge.
26. Remove the corrosion visible on the primary battery cables
and terminals, between the engines.
27. I strongly encourage updating, organizing and securing the
wiring below the flybridge helm.
28. Provide power to the AC duplex outlet on the aft deck.
29. Repair the inoperative switch in the starboard cabin, apparently
for track lighting below the valance, which has been removed.
30. Assure that any event leading to melted wires at the terminal
board to starboard of the fuel tank in the lazarette has not caused
damage to other wires, address appropriately.
31. Service and prove both aft shower sump pumps properly functional.
32. Service and prove the air-conditioner/heating unit as desired.
33. Service and prove the stereo properly functional.
34. Complete the installation of the Signet Landmark multi-function
device as desired.
35. Service the windshield wipers and prove them properly functional.
36. Service the trash compactor and prove it properly functional.
37. Determine the purpose of the unused bonding wires to port
in the lazarette and address appropriately.
38. The following components were not tested or inspected: fin
stabilizers, oil changer, autopilots, trim tabs, all exterior
and interior carpets were not lifted, tender, satellite TV system.
39. Service and prove the tender’s steering system properly
functional, it is reportedly seized.
This
survey sets forth the condition of the vessel and components,
as specifically stated only, at the time of inspection and represents
the surveyor’s honest and unbiased opinion. The submitting
of this report should not be construed as a warranty or guaranty
of the condition of the vessel, nor does it create any liability
on the part of Christian & Company or the individual surveyor.
No part of the vessel was disassembled or removed and no assumptions
should be made as to the condition of concealed components. Specifics
were obtained from sources available at the time of inspection
and are believed correct, but are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Christian & Company, Marine Surveyors, Inc.
________________________________ __________________
By: Mr. Kells Christian, Surveyor Date
