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I have a 1988 Searay Seville, 3.0 liter. I had the outdrive rebuilt
about six months ago.

I've put it in the water at the local marina that's 15 min. away out of
convenience. It's easy to jump in after work and go for a spin.

This year, I put it in the slip for the month of August and probably
will do most of Sept before I pull it out and put it in my garage. Next
year, I'll probably do it longer.

I haven't done an extra maintenance to protect the outdrive or hull and
wondering if I need to given that it will be in the water for about
three months. Any opinions?

Thanks,
Eric


Make sure your anodes are in good condition.

After a day of use and docking the boat I trim my outdrive to the maximum up
position to get as much of it out of the water as I can. Just make sure to
trim it down when you go back to the boat and start the engine.

Nothing more that you can do before pulling the boat out of the water for
the season and winterizing the engine and outdrive.

If you keep the boat in the water for more than a month or so make sure you
bottom paint it. You may even want to consider epoxy barrier coating the
bottom to prevent blisters. It is not hard to do, just tedious and messy.
After 4 coats of the epoxy coat you can apply one or two coats of bottom
paint. A word of caution. This will slow your boat down at least 5 mph
at WOT due to the additional friction. ;-)