7 Deal Breakers a Marine Survey Finds on a Cheap Cruising Sailboat And 2 That Don't Matter

📘 This book covers every hidden cruising cost, hull to haul-out, start to finish. https://true-north-yachts.com/v36?src... 💌 Join the membership and get real answers from a person who actually sails. https://join.true-north-yachts.com?sr... A wet deck core can cost you nothing to fix or more than the boat itself, and the only way to know which one you're looking at is to check it yourself before a surveyor ever shows up with a moisture meter. That's the promise of this video: four deal-breakers a marine survey finds on a cheap cruising sailboat, and exactly how you find them yourself for free, with bare feet, a plastic mallet, and a flashlight. I walk you through wet deck core, failing chainplates, keel bolts and the keel-to-hull joint, and structural laminate damage — what each one actually costs to repair, why none of it shows up in the listing photos, and the one trick from a veteran surveyor's own writing that flips how you should read a moisture meter reading. I also tell you what I got wrong on my own boat in Rock Hall, Maryland, and the forty-minute inspection I now run before I ever let myself fall in love with a listing. ⚓🔧 True North Yachts exists so guys eyeing their first cruising sailboat find out what a boat really costs before the yard bill does, not after. If that's useful to you, stick around and subscribe — I'm doing this every week. #marinesurvey #cruisingsailboat #chainplates