Does anyone have experience buying an out of state boat? I'm thinking I'll need to schedule a survey/haul out remotely as well as a mechanical (engine) survey. The listing broker is going to be motivated to help facilitate these items, so I'm not too worried them.

The next hurdle will be getting it shipped, which means getting it to a yard where they can haul it out, have the radar arch removed, and have the boat packaged for shipment and loaded on a truck. I'm a little more worried about these steps, but I suspect the listing broker would be willing to move the boat to the yard for me. One broker I talked to said having it wrapped is a waste of money - he recommended just taping around the windows/doors. Does anyone have recommendations for a shipping company or advice about the whole shipping/packaging process?
Thanks.
Steve