motor staying in salt water

[sameh]

HI folks

I am buing a new boat which is staying all the time in the marine in salt water. see picture attached how the engine part touching water became rusty and eaten.

Any fast or long run solution for this?

best regards
sameh

 

[MattFL]

Re: motor staying in salt water

You're not buying the boat in that picture are you? The best I can come up with is making sure you can tilt out of the water completely, and/or paint the part of the lower unit that will be in the water with anti fouling paint, just like the bottom of the boat.

 

[Sea Rider]

Re: motor staying in salt water

Rinse lower tail with fresh water after use and place a plastic bag well tied, probably will need a Zodiac to do so if moored at sea. Engines remaining at sea experiment several corrosion issues....

Happy Boating

 

[sameh]

Re: motor staying in salt water

You're not buying the boat in that picture are you? The best I can come up with is making sure you can tilt out of the water completely, and/or paint the part of the lower unit that will be in the water with anti fouling paint, just like the bottom of the boat.

thanks for the advice. As for buying the boat-Is it that bad? thats all I can afford at the moment. The boat is been neglected for almost 18 months, sitting in salt water.
I am a ware it needs a lot of maintenance and new fiber to the floor but all that fails in the category of "fixable failures".
I would be happy if you give me more in details your opinion, are you claiming it is mot worth repairing? what kind of failures you can see?

take into account that i won't need it to be a beauty but only for fishing purposes. IT only has to have an accountable motor and body not soaked with water to perform in water correctly.

 

[sameh]

Re: motor staying in salt water

thanks for the advice. looks like it cannot be raised more than this angle so that lower part will stay in the salt water. the boat is kept inside the marine on water. If I want to cover it from below then I will grap some salt water with it-problem not solved.

I don't know if the is anything I can do to raise the motor connections to the stern? maybe by adding material to the stern to make it higher? (hope you could understand my english

 

[tpenfield]

Re: motor staying in salt water

Yea, don't buy this boat . . .

 

[MattFL]

Re: motor staying in salt water

Your English is fine.

To me, aside from the obvious visual problems, the stern is sitting very very low in the water. This makes me think that the boat is full of water. If it is a foam filled hull, then the water will be in the foam and that is a very expensive thing to fix. If the water has been in there a while, and the transom is wood, then there is a good possibility that the transom is water logged and rotting. Again the cost to repair will far exceed the boats value. As neglected as the boat is, I would expect the motor to have received the same treatment, meaning it likely has problems.

Believe me I understand the want to get out on the water, but my instinct tells me to stay away from this boat. Are you going to fish in open salt water, or in a more protected area? If you're in a more protected area, consider a small aluminum boat and small motor. The boat purchase is the tip of the iceberg, maintenance can be expensive and the smaller and simpler the boat, the less expensive to own and operate and you'll likely enjoy it more. I have friends who bought boats they could barely afford and now they have the boat but can't afford to use it when they want to. This is just my opinion, I hope it helps and good luck whatever you do!

 

[sameh]

Re: motor staying in salt water

Yea, don't buy this boat . . .

appreciate it. gives me alot of thinking to do here!!!