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.

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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~

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.

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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~

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.