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• I am looking a sailboat, 30 years old that spent a year in salt water 12 years ago. Is it compromised?
  • Was it sunk 12 years ago?
    • No joke. The boat was just sailed south and back. I just heard from this guy that salt water is a no-no. Even one year. (nm)
      • Yeah. Right. Tell that to our 30-year-old boat...
      • ell that to my 43 year old boat....
      • I boat almost exclusively in salt water
        • Isn't intense sun also a huge contributing factor...
  • Guy at your marina has no idea what he's talking about.
    • Damn good advice (nm)
  • If it has been properly barrier coated, then should NO problem
    • Is it my imagination or this blistering only begin back
      • Resin reformulated after "74 oil embargo...
      • IT was worse then -- but it's still an issue for some boats
  • absolutely
  • Thanks for the responses. He also says that storing the boat with the mast up is even worse than salt. True?
    • The biggest problem with storing the mast up.....
      • I think he's just trying to help me make my boat list more manageable. (nm)
    • Get AWAY from this guy!!!!!!!! Zillions of boats are land stored with mast up and with NO problem.
    • I would be concerned about mast-up storage ...
      • It's a deck stepped mast, and my friend says it doesn't matter. It's the huge loads on the stands is the issue. (nm)
        • Clive, find a boat you like, hire a surveyor, ignore your friend. (nm)
        • Clive
        • Not for me
    • Who is your source of wisdom on this, Clive? There are a lot more pressing questions...
    • Clive - Are you putting us on here? Or is the marina guy having fun with you? . . . (pic)
  • Your guy sounds like a few members at our club. If they say it enough it becomes a fact. LMFAO (pic)
    • sailing in salt water (link)
      • It does better if rinsed and
      • So - are you saying that it is better not to know that . . . (pic)
        • That didn't strike me as commercial spam
          • You are right Tom - Sorry . . . (pic)
      • Hughhh?
        • Sounds to me like the small fractures are already there.
          • I think we can all agree salt water is more corrosive and active as an electrolyte than fresh water
          • The issue -- for the most part isn't salt water corrosion
  • salt water is for sailing , fresh water is for skiing (nm)
  • no (nm) (link)
  • Sorry..I can't stop laughing long enough to write a response. Salt water ruins a boat?????? (nm) (pic)
    • Les, you won't believe how common a worry it is inland for many idiots pretending to be 'experts". LMFAO! (nm)
  • Salt water does things to a boat that fresh water doesn't.
    • Dave, this thread makes me laugh because I hear stuff like this at the club all the time. You musta too in Albany no? (pic)
      • Salt water is corrosive...
  • The most important thing about those criteria is that you could be steered away from a great boat.
  • You have to be kidding! Scotty Ann is 60 years old . . . (pic)
  • If you have to ask these questions
    • Jerry that's a poor attitude from an educator
      • I'm just trying to keep it real
        • Everyone needs to learn from someone, and asking questions does NOT make a person undeserving of anything.
          • you were the one who raised the question of students
            • That would be great if I'm off base about teaching.
              • the importance of listening
                • Ah, yes, the Jerry and Larry Show...I never miss an episode, myself. (nm)
                • Respectfully disagree ;)
                  • you can get in the game
                    • Yup, and by making expensive mistakes
                      • owned 6 before this one
          • Well, I disagree. It seems to me the questions being asked suggested.....
  • LMAO! So, what is the lake sailor's equivalent of "Old Salt", anyway? I'd love to hear this guy's take on those of us..
    • Not necessarily ... depends on where it was
      • I guess..
        • There's a guy at our club that has the same boat as mine, but it's been almost abandoned
    • That would be (link)
    • At my YC on Lake Lanier, we called 'em "Old Farts." (nm)
      • To paraphrase and old song...
  • Probably. You should look for a boat that has never been in water. (nm)
    • Don't put it in the water when you buy it and you'll save yourself a lot of trouble! (nm)
      • and save a lot of money, too! (nm)
  • What a thread! Stupid me, I have never given the issue any thought.
    • Fresh Water Sailors
      • Re: Great Lake sailors have a false sense of superiority.
        • Ahh yes...Gitchigumi
        • Depending on which lake (exclude Erie) they aren't lakes
          • During the storm that sank the Fitzgerald,