It's back.......06 TG, former submarine
05-04-2013, 08:43 PM
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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.
05-04-2013, 08:58 PM
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05-04-2013, 09:03 PM
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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
05-04-2013, 09:24 PM
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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.
05-04-2013, 09:34 PM
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05-04-2013, 10:42 PM
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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.
05-05-2013, 07:10 AM
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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"
This mount was from a boat "only used in brackish water"
