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Originally Posted by Flyin-Bryan
(Post 3919022)
I had a 24'Checkmate I/O that sank in salt it sat overnight,floated it up towed it to the ramp,drained the engine,added fresh oil,hosed it all down with the garden hose,replaced the battery and fired it up,ran it for two more seasons without even a flicker in a dash light and sold it for a bigger boat.and I have seen other boats floated up and run also,as long as you flush it right away Your fine its when the air gets to it and it sits is when the real problems happen.
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Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
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Ok...... But the boat was cared for the next day and you didn't gamble 150k on it. This went through an insurance salvage place (probably sat around 60-90 days from sinking to sale) and who knows who worked on it.
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Originally Posted by tomtbone1993
(Post 3919071)
So I take it by this thread you are not interested in the purchase of this boat?
I just recall the seller was being a d!ckhead about this boat a few months back and disclosure wasn't his motive. |
so how much different is a boat that sank or a boat that sat on a lift in florida its whole life?? cars rot from the top down from all the salt in the air down there. any salt water boat wether it sank or not over time will develop gremilns! unless it was stored in a bubble
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Originally Posted by Flyin-Bryan
(Post 3919022)
I had a 24'Checkmate I/O that sank in salt it sat overnight,floated it up towed it to the ramp,drained the engine,added fresh oil,hosed it all down with the garden hose,replaced the battery and fired it up,ran it for two more seasons without even a flicker in a dash light and sold it for a bigger boat.and I have seen other boats floated up and run also,as long as you flush it right away Your fine its when the air gets to it and it sits is when the real problems happen.
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Originally Posted by Powerquest230
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Glad yours worked out. So let me ask this- did you sell the Checkmate as previously having been sunk and how much do you think that affected the sale price?
How do you flush electrical stuff? Gauges, wiring and such? |
Originally Posted by 88bullet
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so how much different is a boat that sank or a boat that sat on a lift in florida its whole life?? cars rot from the top down from all the salt in the air down there. any salt water boat wether it sank or not over time will develop gremilns! unless it was stored in a bubble
I've also seen boats that have sat in a rack, in salt air their whole lives. I can tell you the boats that spent their whole lives in a building and went under once, look a hell of a lot better than the boats that spent 24 hours a day for X amount of years rotting on a lift. |
Sorry to be a newb, but could someone link me to the original incident where this boat submarined? I'm in the market for a boat in this pricerange
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I sent in my resume but now I know who beat me out of that Craiglist Police position, way to go Juniper Son sation
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Salt water boats suck to work on wether they sank or not. The stain"less" even needs replacing to make then nice. Over the past 3 years my shop has seen more and more slat water boats coming north and the headaches they bring with them. We had one from NY 2 years ago that we had to use a sawzall to remove the engine from its mounts. Giving any kind of estimate on tear down time can leave you short on $$$$ and plan on restoring or replacing EVERTHING thats no plastic or rubber.
This mount was from a boat "only used in brackish water" |
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