Salt vs. Freshwater washdown
 

Our latest sportfisher had sal****er washdown in the cockpit. The last
one had freshwater washdown.

I can see the following advantages to the sal****er:
Unlimited supply of water;
Salt preserves uncoated teak;
Does not cause wood dry rot;
Does not damage fish filets;

And disadvantages:
Corrosion on metal parts;
salt spots and residue on glass, metal and brightwork;
can't be used for rods, reels, tackle and downrigger washdown;
Inlet filter constantly has to be serviced, every few weeks to remove
debris;
If a hose ruptures or a clamp lets go, it will fill the boat with water
and if you are on the bridge on a four hour run out to a sea mount or
such, you can turn turtle from free surface effect without even knowing
what happened;


So, I am thinking of cranking off the through hull to the sal****er
pump and installing a T-fitting in freshwater tank hose, installing a
healthy washdown pump and replumbing to the outlet faucet in the
cockpit. This seems like a simple job.

Any thoughts? I notice some sportfishers have both. Why is that?
To get a real blast for blood and guts, the ordinary $100 washdown
pumps are crap, I can tell you that, so you need at least a 4 GPM and
50 PSI rating. Maybe more. Any recommendations on a pump?

Salt vs. Freshwater washdown
 

On 27 Jun 2006 17:42:10 -0700, "Russell" wrote:

Any thoughts? I notice some sportfishers have both. Why is that?

Because it gives you a choice, depending on which is more appropriate.
My old Bertram 33 had both, and the sal****er pump had a remote on/off
switch in the cockpit to prevent accidental flooding.

To get a real blast for blood and guts, the ordinary $100 washdown
pumps are crap, I can tell you that, so you need at least a 4 GPM and
50 PSI rating. Maybe more. Any recommendations on a pump?

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|51|299222|315122&id=151081

or

http://tinyurl.com/lzq79

If you have a generator think about one of these:

http://images.lowes.com/product/054128/054128200170.jpg

Salt vs. Freshwater washdown
 

"Russell" wrote in message
oups.com...

Any thoughts? I notice some sportfishers have both. Why is that?
To get a real blast for blood and guts, the ordinary $100 washdown
pumps are crap, I can tell you that, so you need at least a 4 GPM and
50 PSI rating. Maybe more. Any recommendations on a pump?


The Egg Sportsfish we had for a couple of years had both. The salt was for
bleeding the fish and the fresh was for cleanup. Both pumps were barely
adequate though and had I remained interested in off-shore fishing and kept
the boat, I would have replaced them with higher capacity and pressure
units. The other issue was that the boat only had a 50 gallon fresh water
tank. On a full day of fishing with 4-6 people on board using the head,
etc. I think having fresh water wash down only would have exhausted the
water supply.

Eisboch