Suggestions? new boat out of Salt??
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Suggestions? new boat out of Salt??
I've been looking at a killer deal on an 01 Baja 33 OL coming out of Florida, but I'm very apprehensive due to the horror stories of owners who bought boats out of salt. The boat has 496HO's so the salt isn't running through the blocks or anything. What I am most concerned about is the integrity of the fiberglass. Without doing a full hull xray....is there anything else that can be done to make sure salt hasn't gotten into the gel? Any other suggestions of what to look for?
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I've been looking at a killer deal on an 01 Baja 33 OL coming out of Florida, but I'm very apprehensive due to the horror stories of owners who bought boats out of salt. The boat has 496HO's so the salt isn't running through the blocks or anything. What I am most concerned about is the integrity of the fiberglass. Without doing a full hull xray....is there anything else that can be done to make sure salt hasn't gotten into the gel? Any other suggestions of what to look for?
I would be more afraid of anything with 1000 hours coming out of Texas Repos than salt water touching the fiberglass!
Think about it, most of the worlds most expensive yachts sit salt water, no trailer/no rack. 24/7 salt exposure.
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I don't think the salt hurts the fiberglass at all, it is all of the metal fittings, and the trailer that you need to look at closely.
Especially the trailer. If it is aluminum that is good, if it is rectangular tubing, figure you will have to buy a new trailer soon. If it is made out of construction channel iron then that isn't too bad.
Especially the trailer. If it is aluminum that is good, if it is rectangular tubing, figure you will have to buy a new trailer soon. If it is made out of construction channel iron then that isn't too bad.
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The salt doesn't do anything to the fiberglass/gelcoat. Salt is hard on metal parts. Salt water still runs through the heat exchangers and exhaust on 496's.
It really depends on how well it was taken of. Being repoed, I would guess not too well, at least for the last year or so.
It really depends on how well it was taken of. Being repoed, I would guess not too well, at least for the last year or so.