tin boats in salt

[sonny.barile]

16 ft Duranautic side console and E-tec 30, spring thru fall, in Raritan Bay. Before that it was a 13 foot Duranautic and a 15 Yamaha tiller. Pick your days and be sensible about water conditions. Wash it off (especially the trailer) and flush the motor after use. You can put some Turtle spray wax on the exterior once in awhile. It will help with the salt sticking to it.

 

[1960 yellowboat]

My tin boat, a 1960 Richline Challenger is painted so the salt never touches the metal. And here on the gulf, I launch in fresh water that leads to the salt so the boat gets washed off on each return by mother nature.