[TimmyH]

Chris,
You are awesome! Invaluable info above. SO it sounds like I've generally done this right. I did have a separate hull and engine/drive survey - and I has the engine survey done by Jas Marine, the local Volvo IPS dealer. Jim was very knowledgeable and covered most of the items you outlined. When we pulled the boat, I saw the special anodes and noted the smaller than expected props (in need of a good tune). I have some bonding work to do as some of the wiring is loose. I was also a bit freaked seeing water sitting inside the drive clamps (whatever they're called) where the drives penetrate the hull. We didn't see much corrosion (Jimmy from Jas said we caught it at the right time) but the drives and engines haven't had a good service in a while and that is job 1 but the oil samples were clean.

I'm going to have a full service on the engines and as i understand it, the boat will need to be pulled again to service the drives. How does one check to see if the anodes are good for another year?

The boat will be in the water in Ft. Lauderdale. it is white gelcoat with the light blue bottom paint (done 3 months ago). How often should i have a diver clean the bottom?

You've probably seen it countless times. The current owner didn't take good care of his boat. A real shame. I'm look at $20k maintenance on day one (all hoses, bonding checked, super charger is loose....). Once I get it to a good baseline, any guidelines on annual regular maintenance costs?

One last Q. It doesn't have autopilot and its basically got a Ray E-120 set up. I see the SPX CAN system is engineered specifically for Volvo IS ($2,200) ANy idea of install costs?

Thanks much Chris.

Tim