BSCHNAUTZ wrote:
Sory to display my ignorace, but.....I've been looking on some auction sights
and I see especially large boats that have gone through storm damage. The write
ups say the engin[s] haev been "pickled" then it may say engines condition
unknown.

Can anyone shed some knowledge about "pickled" engines for me?


http://www.boatus.com/hurricanes/pickle.asp

This is not really a single procedure, but twelve major procedures to
*begin* to recover an engine from being submerged. It sounds like good
advice to count on at least rebuilding the engine, if not repowering
(and don't forget rewiring), any boat that's been sunk. IMHO most of the
bids on hurricane-damaged boats seem optimistic (to put it politely).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

a bit off topic, but i'll ask anyways...do folks ever "chase hurricane
boats" with, say a certain amount of "cash" to buy damaged boats "on
the spot" from, say insurance agents @ the "sceen"....??

anyone have stories about scooping up a nice deal on sailboats doing
this?





It sounds like good
advice to count on at least rebuilding the engine, if not repowering
(and don't forget rewiring), any boat that's been sunk. IMHO most of the
bids on hurricane-damaged boats seem optimistic (to put it politely).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King