TrawlerDavid
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Just looking for whether there is a "standard" practice on cost allocation for a survey on a dry-stored boat. I have an accepted offer on a GB 36, and am scheduling the survey and sea trial. The boat is dry-stored. The proposal is that the seller and I divide the cost of the transport of the boat (about $650 each way because stored off-site). Assuming the survey is acceptable and we close, I'd then have to pay another $650 a week later to again move the boat to the water. If the boat was in the water, I'd pay for a "haul and hang" as part of the survey, but that would be $324, a lot less than $1300 for the 2 transports. My other 2 boats were all in the water when surveyed, so never an issue. Is there a "norm" for how this is handled? Would it be reasonable to ask the seller to pay for putting the boat in the water as part of closing? Any experience and thoughts welcomed.