How did your bottom paint work?
 

I'm planning to leave by Bullet in the salt next season, probably in New Bedford. Anyone around who leaves their hot boat in the salt? And since most boats are out now, how did your paint perform? I'm trying to figure what I want to bit on for bottom paint.:angry-smiley-038:

Definitely do NOT recommend leaving our type of boats sitting IN salt water for long periods. Week at a time maybe, but that's it; regardless of bottom painted or not.

+1

I understand all that but this one already has some kind of black paint on the bottom and I don't want to deal with launching and parking any more. So I am figuring I already have to deal with this bottom and what to do with it .

Stack it at a marina.

I would like to stack it but it's not like Florida where there are all kinds of racks available. There is one around here which I used in the past but now they have very limited operating hours.

Not advisable

Get a floating lift and rent a well. How is the paint that is on there now? Was it epoxy barrier coated prior to painting, if not you will get blisters through the paint. Once you solve the bottom problem you can deal with your drives and everything else on the back being destroyed.

Don't do it!

OP:

This is what you need:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ance-boat.html

I did look at that post and thought it was interesting but after talking with him it didn't include the the one side pier equipment I would need and I don't know if the marina would allow me to hang permanent parts to their piers to make it all work,

If your going to use it off a pier, theres only 2 ropes that hold air dock to pier. If you were in a slip, it would be 4 lines(2 per side) It puts no stress on dock as its a floating set-up.

Hey borden light has lifts you can leave it in a few guys down there are hp guys. If you need anything call me I'm in fall tube and in NB all the time as my gf lives there

I have a 2010 Checkmate 2400BRX with a Mercury 300XS. I know it is not ideal but like you I keep my boat in salt water all season. I live on the water and want to be able to walk out my back door, jump in the boat and turn the key. The bottom paint works pretty well. Boat sits in the water from late April through October with no adverse effects. The engine tilts out of the water so that really is not an issue and I flush it each time I use it. As a result I get a lot of use out of my boat, much more so than if I had to launch it each time I used it. I have looked into lifts but for me it really is not worth the hassle and cost.

S200, what kind of paint do you use?

Might be worth looking into this:
http://www.inflatableboatlift.com/In...ift_Video.html