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Simex International - Marine Surveyors in Fort Lauderdale at 954-854-8181.Needed Help Going Bigger
From the time I was a boy, my family had always owned boats. Heck, I think I was about eight years old when my Dad proudly presented my with a rickety, old rowboat that was his when he was a kid. I was petrified the first time he pushed me out onto the lake. The thing was just so darned old that I thought I would sink right there while looking at my parents on shore. That’s one of my scariest, but fondest memories of my childhood.
The best thing that I gained from that experience was my love and respect for the water. This is what brought me from the lakes of Michigan down to the beautiful Atlantic Ocean at Fort Lauderdale as an adult. As my young family grew, so did my boats. They needed to be able to accommodate my wife and kids. Well, after six kids you can imagine that I needed a good sized boat for those overnight outings. I’m not good with the "his foot touched me" or "she hits in her sleep" thing. I want to relax on the boat and not deal with sibling issues.
My First Vessel on my Own
Numerous boats have come and gone while I was raising my family however; after my divorce, I was found boat-less for the first time in my adult life. Yes, my husband got custody of our vessel in the divorce. This felt almost as if I had lost custody of a child, except mine are all adults now. To be truly honest with you, the extent I participated in the buying process in the past was agreeing the boat was pretty and would accommodate the number of people who would be on board. Any of the boring details were left up to my ex to deal with.
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About six months ago, my father-in-law passed away suddenly which made the lives of his family turn upside down and shake wildly side to side. He wasn’t really old, and wasn’t sick a day in his life so it was a complete shocker that he just keeled over on the living room floor. Fortunately, he was smart enough to have a will however; he left my husband the nightmare of being administrator of his estate. In a nutshell, that meant that I had to print out all of the paperwork, get things organized, inventory every crazy knickknack he had in the house, and get values on the bigger things, like the house, cars and boat. You’ve got to love it when a husband is given the responsibility to do certain things and he asks his wife to do it.
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I must preface this that since I purchased my boat four years ago, I have had a great working relationship with the folks at Simex International – Marine Surveyors in Fort Lauderdale. It was the first time that I had purchased a boat so I needed somebody to help me with everything, and I mean everything. I was smart enough to have a pre-purchase inspection performed by Capt. Paul Squire before taking the proverbial plunge. He created a detailed report about the boat’s condition and what I should expect in the near future. I was so grateful for that. Of course, he also did the marine insurance evaluation survey for my insurance company. This was quite detailed as well.
Captain Paul F. Squire
Insurance Surveys
There are many requirements that an insurance company expects the Fort Lauderdale owner of a vessel to comply with, including a mandatory marine insurance survey. When you need marine consultants in Fort Lauderdale, it would be wise to contact the most widely sought after vessel insurance inspectors in the area, Simex International – Marine Surveyors in Fort Lauderdale.
Marine Survey
A Marine Survey is an impartial critical examination of a marine vessel to ascertain facts regarding its condition. The exact nature of the survey will determine what is to be inspected. Most frequently asked for, is a Condition & Valuation Survey, commissioned to satisfy a potential buyer of the Fair Market Value of the subject asset. The vessel’s structure, its support systems, equipment and electronics are inspected and tested, the vessel is dry-docked and Sea Trials conducted.
Insurance Surveys may be as stringent, but depend on what the Insurers demands are.
Customs Valuation Surveys relate to the importation into the USA of foreign built vessels.
Valuation Surveys for the IRS are related to the donation of vessels to charitable causes, to enable the owner to gain a tax write off.
Marine Surveys should be conducted by experienced and competent inspectors who are licensed and insured.
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