Good news here....the deal fell through
i'm glad it did and yer happy it did. i really can't imagine what boat i'll have after a Nineteen. their just too cool and are great all weather boats.
while i've never boated in salt water before. personally, i'd be a bit paranoid. bottom paint for sure. keep an eye on the zincs. stray current from someone elses boat can be a real bummer i understand. i'd want to figure a way to flush the salt water from the inside of the engine and manifold after each use too. what's yer plan for the bilge pump? i just got some low flow manual pump in mine. i had issues with how to mount mine. as far as i know all bilge pumps in Nineteens would have been an afterthought. not oem.
again. so happy for you. surely the hubby will get into it. what's not to like. freedom of being on yer Nineteen. your own world........
an afterthought. ya gonna tie it up with the aft curtain deployed. that'd cut down on the chances of needing the bilge pump (obviously still need one though). granted mine does leak a bit. but nothing like full on rain. mine seems to stay where i put it too. i've had mine in 35mph+ winds and it stayed deployed w/o issue (kept a whole lotta monsoon off me too. water onboard was not an issue due to the aft curtain).