Goscraft

As with cars there's nothing novel about the idea that with each new owner a boat deteriorates at least a little bit and over 50 odd years they can deteriorate a lot. With wooden boats that deterioration is easily identifiable. Not necessarily so with a fibreglass boat.
We have brought in a few V13s and the degree of hidden damage is significant so this is both an insight into the level of restorative work we undertake as well as a warning to those considering or in their early years of boat ownership to consider getting professional advise.
With cars, the need for a regular wof check maintains a standard of safety.
Boats suffer from the lack of a similar regular check on worthiness. Couple that with a target market with limited marine experience....undue risk.