Pardon the interruption...
So it seems our initial boat is basically a rotten piece of junk. The marine surveyor came, and after about 923437 issues (detailed below), came to the conclusion that we would be crazy to continue our interest in said vessel.
It all starts as follows...
9 am: I'm to meet with the marine surveyor at the boat. MS is to drive the boat to his facility, where it can be dry-docked, given a good powerwashing, and inspected inside and out. This in itself is apparently unusual, for virtually all boat inspections are performed by having the current owner drive the boat to the surveyor. Regardless, waivers are faxed back and forth and by about 9:45 we're actually ready to go. This is the high point of the inspection.
