Is a moisture meter reading required?

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Looking at a boat and got this from the surveyor:


Vessel bottom inspected visually and via percussion sounding. Unable to accurately utilize moisture meter due to short-haul.
• Ablative antifouling paint in use with no evidence of poor adhesion/no irregular surface.
• No visual evidence of osmotic activity (blisters).
• Percussion sounding revealed no evidence of voids or delamination.
• Bottom is in Good Condition as inspected.


Transom was checked above the water line with a meter and no elevated readings were recorded.

So the question is...now that the boat has been on the hard for 2+ months should I have the bottom checked with a meter? The boat is not a SeaRay :)

Thoughts?

TIA

Jeff
 
Yes. Al Prisco did a nice write up about his which IIRC is thermal. It's incredible what you can find with modern technology.
 
Hopefully, Al will chime in.

I should add that the boat is a 2008 and has only been commissioned for 2 seasons.

Jeff
 
Yes, hopefully Al will chime in. From my amateur point of view, it would at least give you a baseline.
 
Hi Jeff and David, The vessel most likely has a carbon based paint on her bottom, with an ester property under the gel-coat that would make a standard moister meter show wet all over. Most late model vessels are this way. The only way to tell if there is moister intrusion in the hull would be with a thermal imaging camera. Sounding this time of the year is tuff due to the extream cold. On a vessel in this class I would have ensured the hull was tested with the best technology available.
 
The surveyour I have setup in florida on the donzi is doing thermal imaging. Seems like the way to go
 
Capt, is there any sign of blistering? Did the standard check with the mallet show any problem spots? or is this being done as part of the initial survey?
 
Jeff, being done as part of inital survey. survey is scheduled for next week tentatively.
 
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