I'm going to buy a boat soon and have thought about mooring in in Puget sound to avoid the boat launch. I know you have to flush the engine after salt water use. But how do you deal with the damaging effects if you never take it out of the water?
2007-08-10 05:09:09 · 6 answers · asked by jayjos2000 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
An engine does not rust if well maintained from the outside; much more dangerous is what is happening inside your engine and to other metal parts of different sorts on your boat..
Boats do not sink because of engines that rust from the outside; but electrolysis is the real enemy.. an enemy that can be kept out due to knowledge of the subject and appropriate measures to be followed strictly..
Minor cost for sacrifice anodes who have to be placed outside the hull and be connected by copper strips or wiring with all metal parts of your boat that are getting into contact with seawater is a guarantee a long as you exchange them regularly once a year. Happy sailing
2007-08-10 09:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by glljansen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The boat and engine are designed to be in water, fresh or salt. Granted you would have some extra manitenance for the salt water such as washing the boat after use, wipe down the engine once in awhile. You should bottom paint the boat and outdrive, keep it tilted up if its an outboard while at the mooring. At the end of the season haul it out, clean the hull of growth and clean and wax everything. Spray snaps with silicone and before storing the boat flush the engine with fresh water, spray it down with silicone and winterize as needed. Enjoy.
2007-08-10 06:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by mark t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live on Cape Cod and have a 23 Ft Cuddy Cabin I/O. I elect to take it out after each use so I can flush the salt water. The salt water will not "rust" your engine, but it does take it's toll on other parts of your boat, that's the nature of salt water. If your going to leave it in for a season I'd suggest when you do pull it out, launch it in a lake and give it a couple of hours of boating to flush the system
2007-08-10 05:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont purchase the boat in case you'r unlikely to change the engines with some working ones... it is going to value extra to repair it and supply you a headache later on. no longer something beats a clean engine... noticeably on the water.
2016-10-02 01:16:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't take it out of the salt water you can't stop the damage. It will eat the metal out of the engine. Not to mention the growth that will attach itself to the boat. This is not a rapid thing, it takes time. Salt, heat and metal cause chemical reations that are detremental. Follow the manufactors instructions and it will last for years. Cruise into lake washington from time to time to flush it out. But you can't stop the interaction between the salt and the metal.
2007-08-10 16:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by renpen 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Use it a keep the out side sprayed with crc & wd40 Wash it when you take it out of water.
2007-08-10 05:38:37 · answer #6 · answered by 45 auto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋