Is he willing to maybe grab a paper with a current date and take a few crucial area pics? I can completely understand someone from up north having some worries, myself personally I would do all I could to settle their mind and show them my boat is as advertised make sure they are not wasting their money and time on a trip.


Also yes...I have wayyyy too much free time. It's wax the truck or hit the bar.....sometimes both lol

Do yourself a favor, don't buy a salt boat. The differences are not all visible.

[QUOTE=ajfisher;4371052]Do yourself a favor, don't buy a salt boat. The differences are not all visible.[/QUOTE


Well, the same can be said for a freshwater boat from Michigan, that wasn't "Winterized" properly, and there could be cracks in the blocks from them getting frozen, and that is not visible, until you run the boat, and I don't mean running on the hose either.

I'm depressed. Based on overall weight, I have approximately the same percentage of salt in my body as there is salt in the oceans. I am now afraid that because of the salt in my body, if I make contact with my boat it will cause the boat to corrode.

Maybe I should get a sacrificial anode fitted to my body so as to isolate the inherent corrosion problems to one area rather than spread them to my boat. Maybe I'll sell the boat or donate it to a local salt recycling plant and have it with my French fries.

RR

Our bodies are salt batteries. Without salt we can't send electrical pulses and we die. Not to mention French fries taste like ass without salt

[QUOTE=Dean Ferry;4371056]A block is typically obvious to find, even on a hose. Just look in the bilge and you will see water spraying. The internal parts that concern me on a salt water boat are innercoolers and aluminum heads. How can the condition possibly be known?

double post

Could you pull the thermostat or intercooler line and use an inspection camera to look inside?
My limited knowledge of aluminum oxide tells me it clings to itself pretty good and forms a strong barrier quickly, but on an iron block with aluminum heads I'd be worried about galvanic corrosion, and that's waaaay out of my wheelhouse.

Freakin hysterical...Thanks, I needed a really good laugh...:ernaehrung004:

Chris

[QUOTE=JRider;4371223]Not all, I've seen a block freeze on a friend's boat in N. Dakota, that didn't show up on the Spring De-winterize run on the hose activity. But 2 weeks later after he launched, running/idleing for 5-10 minutes, he got oil pressure problem and a chocolate milkshake in the oil pan......