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Check a used boat in one hour, before you pay a surveyor

Hank's Dockside Walkthrough is the inspection you do yourself on the first visit. It filters out the bad boats early, so your survey money goes on the good ones.

• Nine steps in order: paperwork, hull, deck, helm, cabin, bilge, electrical, engine room and a cold start
• A repair-cost tag on every line, from $ (under about $500) to $$$$ (over about $10,000)
• The red-flag card: the problems that mean "thank the seller and leave"
• Printable PDF, made for a clipboard on the dock