Re: Fresh or Salt, which to buy?
Blacktip, the extra you pay for a saltwater ready version is peanuts compared to buying a new motor every two years. I could have bought a Riptide for my boat when I bought my PowerDrive but had plans of extremely limted saltwater use. (One trip every few years, maybe.) Not a 50/50 mix. I think it would have cost me not even $100 to upgrade. I used my motor for the second time ever during a trip to Florida in June and despite my best attempts to hose it off every time, I still got some corrosion around the bolts that hold the mount on the bow. Without the saltwater resistant coating, it just doesn't last. The saltwater versions have the anodes already installed, the seals are different and the electronics are potted differently. If you are that hard on a motor, I would buy the best I could get. Seems counterproductive to put a motor you KNOW is gonna die a quick death on a boat. Buy the salt version and have fun longer. <br /><br />UFM82
