the answer isn't 42

That's the number of items in our survey results.  Most of them, however, are easily corrected (by me) with little cost, and not much effort.

We have gone back to the seller and requested they take care of a few things on the engine and rebuild parts of the head and septic system on the boat.  Our broker thinks they will take it.

And the insurance company thinks it will be fine, as long as we address the 15 or so items in the critical list, most of which we can just fix in 45 days.

Here's hoping for more good news tomorrow.