Around 6/1/2008 6:39 PM, Garth Almgren wrote:

Around 6/1/2008 5:46 PM, JimH wrote:

On Jun 1, 8:30 pm, Garth Almgren wrote:
Around 6/1/2008 5:03 PM, JimH wrote:

On Jun 1, 7:54 pm, Garth Almgren wrote:
Around 5/30/2008 2:04 PM, JimH wrote:
Freshwater is always the best option.
Unless it's a wood boat.

A good friend of mine has a '69 Lyman (wood). It indeed requires a
lot of work but would it require less if used in salt water?
There a lot of nasty wood-eating parasites that live in fresh water. You
do have to worry more about fitting corrosion in salt, but keep the rain
off and the zincs and bottom paint fresh, and the hull will last longer
than in fresh.

-- Or so I've been told, and it's worked well so far for dad's '42
Chris, which has spent her entire life in salt (well, brackish) water
covered moorage.


Can you provide some links backing up that information?

I do not have a dog in this hunt but I would like to see verification
that wood powerboats last last longer in salt water vs. freshwater.

Like I said, I've been told; I haven't done any research on my own on
the topic, and the only evidence I can present is anecdotal. From the
quick searches I just did, most websites seem to agree that salt water
definitely has anti-fungal/anti-rot properties, with some people going
so far as to spread salt in the bilge.

That said, the Wooden Boat forum (http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/)
contains a wealth of knowledge about wooden boats and boating and a
quick Google search brings back over 300,000 hits:
http://www.google.com/search?q=woode...freshwater+rot

If you wanted a really authoritative answer, you might want to contact
the folks over at the Center for Wooden Boats: http://www.cwb.org

Here's a good one:
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum//showthread.php?t=8105

My understanding is that while salt water will prevent most bottom-up
rot, rainwater combined with poor ventilation is more likely to be the
cause of top-down rot, and that's how most wood boats rot.


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