I'm under contract to buy a 2011 Azimut 58...

Out of idle curiosity, how long ago?
I'm only asking because I find it strange that at AziBen HQs they don't do something about that.
This is not how they built their outstanding reputation in Europe - if anything, the opposite, in fact.

All very reasonable.
Which also means, since the inspection approval is entirely at the buyer's discretion, that if he does like the boat, before saying yes, he could tell the seller/broker that if they don't accept a postponement (within reason, obviously) of the closing date, he just walks away there and then.
And I have a funny feeling that their current refusal to accept any postponement would immediately become less strict...

You are of course right in saying that they might have a higher offer waiting, but in the OP boots, I'd take the risk.
My philosophy is that with used boats, there's no such thing as a lost opportunity.
There are only other opportunities out there, waiting to be found.

C

Correct but the buyer has to go inspect the boat

"Buyer's Inspection" means the buyer can inspect the photos and re read the listing specifications and reject the boat. He doesn't have to step foot on board. A reputable brokerage would return the Buyer's deposit under those terms.

i hope that s true. A bit unfair to the seller to hold a vessel for a few weeks without making an effort to inspect in person.

I find it laughable to even attempt to compare hatteras or Viking quality with Azimut. It s not even close

For instance hatteras still supports pretty much every single boat they built, going back to he late 60s early 70s. They have the blueprints in their archives. I have not had to call them in years but soon after I bought my 53 I got information from the factory. Try calling Azimut about a 1970 boat. Did they even exist in 1970 if so I don’t see too many still afloat

construction wise, they never had a hull failure or delamination. Remember what happened after the Ferreti group bought Bertram? The sportfish that disintegrated off myrtle beach?

Hatteras systems like electrical are as good as it gets for production boats. All documented, blue printed and easy to maintain. No undocumented shortcuts by sub contractors

fiberglass fuel tanks.... do you want anything else? I don’t want to have to replace them after 15 or 20 years which is often the service life of alum tanks.

where Hatteras has failed in the last 15 or 20 years is by focusing way too much on interior spaces vs aft decks.l along with overly conservative styling. That has changed in the last 5 to 10 years but from the early 90s into the early 10s, if you wanted something with a nice aft deck and modern styling you had to look elsewhere....

A Buyer walking away without a sea trial or survey happens more than you might think. An honorable person will bail out sooner rather than later so as not to tie up the boat. Broker communication plays a big part in this.

Withholding a Buyer's deposit when they have not signed final acceptance is very rare. I've done hundreds of deals including many co-brokerage deals with MarineMax. I've only seen it happen a few times, and never with a reputable Broker - only with Brokers who were known for being dishonest and even in those cases the Buyer eventually recovered all or most of their deposit. Of course any contract can be contested by anyone who is a party to it.

Yes it is, especially during prime selling season. It's not uncommon for Sellers to be reluctant to accept offers from Buyers who have not seen the boat. And in addition if the Buyer is from out of the area things can really get off to a slow start. In my experience those kinds of offers do fall out more often.

Sellers with boats that have been on the market for a while without much action are more likely to accept them.

Well... I found the lazzara 84 I m running now for the owners who had been charter guests for years and wanted their own boat. The first time they saw the boat in the flesh was after closing when I brought it to Miami from Naples. Turned out they loved it...

You are now making me very curious about your reason for asking.
Would you possibly be interested to start praising their boats, if I could give you a commission?

Listen, I wrote that I don't like Azimut boats and I never owned one.
What part of that you are struggling to understand, exactly?
I can write it in French, Spanish, German or Italian, if you have troubles with English.

Talking of which, there was no comma in your original sentence about the boat you ran from the factory.
Besides, I added that I was only joking. Again, not so difficult to understand. Or is it?

You'd better tell that to the remarkably opinionated Capt J, then. That's what he is insisting to do, not me.
My point was about boatbuilders, not about their products.

yeah he may be a bit opinionated but With his experience... that’s ok.

maybe I, and others, misread your (very opinionated) posts. It sounded like you were under the impression mutts were a high quality product.

even your last sentence makes no sense. How could your point be about boat builders and not their products?? It s all about the product. It s all about the boat...