On Sat, 17 May 2014 07:16:52 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wayne, you do have point.
Instead of taking a hit trading in a 2 year old boat, I already have the primer, official can of the factory paint and just picked up the Makita Gold impact bits rated as much stronger than the ordinary bits I broke last fall with my hand rachting screwdriver.
Maybe with my half inch corded drill/driver, I can get most of the snaps off without drilling out the ss screw heads.
Thenthe only worry might be what's going on in the bilge if sal****er gets in there.
I do stick the garden hose in and flush, and crank the tongue jack up to drain off.

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The bilge should be OK as long as the builder didn't use any SS
fasteners, and that would be very unusual. If you keep it clean and
dry, and do not let copper of any kind get in the bilge, it should be
fine. The skipper of one of the aluminum boats that I used to race
on was absolutely fanatical about that. He made everyone dump the
change out of their pockets before coming aboard to prevent the chance
of someone accidently dropping a copper penny.

On 5/17/14, 8:02 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 17 May 2014 07:16:52 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wayne, you do have point.
Instead of taking a hit trading in a 2 year old boat, I already have the primer, official can of the factory paint and just picked up the Makita Gold impact bits rated as much stronger than the ordinary bits I broke last fall with my hand rachting screwdriver.
Maybe with my half inch corded drill/driver, I can get most of the snaps off without drilling out the ss screw heads.
Thenthe only worry might be what's going on in the bilge if sal****er gets in there.
I do stick the garden hose in and flush, and crank the tongue jack up to drain off.

===

The bilge should be OK as long as the builder didn't use any SS
fasteners, and that would be very unusual. If you keep it clean and
dry, and do not let copper of any kind get in the bilge, it should be
fine. The skipper of one of the aluminum boats that I used to race
on was absolutely fanatical about that. He made everyone dump the
change out of their pockets before coming aboard to prevent the chance
of someone accidently dropping a copper penny.

a little anal, but my only corrosion hole in the bottom, was because a
piece of copper wire got lodged in the junk in the bottom of the anchor
locker. When we welded up the hole, I made bigger limber holes to allow
less dirt collection at the cross braces. And my boat is a lot sturdier
boat than Don's. 3/16 aluminum and is 5061, which is an aluminum that
handles salt water well.