My pet peeve about some boat owners

[JimS123]

Re: My pet peeve about some boat owners

Mac, and others, floatation foam in a boat that is sound will not get wet by rain, snow, sleet or lake, river or ocean water. The hull and deck sandwich them and are waterproof. Only if the boat is damaged, could the foam get wet.

You guys are nervous nellies!

Wow! Its that belief that causes most old boats to rot / fall apart. Jus cus its a boat and supposed to get wet means water won't hurt it, right?

Fiberglass is permeable. The seats are installed with screws that perforate that "sammich". The vents in the bilge let water to in from the back side. Once its in it doesn't easily come out. Freeze a hull with wet innards a few times and you get mush.

If they were truly waterproof there wouldn't be so many restoartion threads.

 

[Maclin]

Re: My pet peeve about some boat owners

Chris1956, I just noticed you looped me in as a nervous nellie, thanks I guess. Covered (correctly) is better that no cover? or not? Just thinking that same boat uncovered compared same-same to covered would be noticeable after 5 seasons or so. Some of your arguments make it sound like there would be no difference.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: My pet peeve about some boat owners

Wow! Its that belief that causes most old boats to rot / fall apart. Jus cus its a boat and supposed to get wet means water won't hurt it, right?

Fiberglass is permeable. The seats are installed with screws that perforate that "sammich". The vents in the bilge let water to in from the back side. Once its in it doesn't easily come out. Freeze a hull with wet innards a few times and you get mush.

If they were truly waterproof there wouldn't be so many restoartion threads.

Fiberglass with gel coat is not permeable to the degree that water can intrude the bilge. Seat screws are sealed in a quality boat. Vents that let water in are a design defect; I've never owned a boat with those and wouldn't. A couple freezes probably don't hurt a well made and well drained boat. The exception would come from someone who left the plug in and pump off.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: My pet peeve about some boat owners

Chris1956, I just noticed you looped me in as a nervous nellie, thanks I guess. Covered (correctly) is better that no cover? or not? Just thinking that same boat uncovered compared same-same to covered would be noticeable after 5 seasons or so. Some of your arguments make it sound like there would be no difference.

A car kept in a garage all day every day and one left on the street for 5 years will look different too but that's not neglect, that's simply ordinary aging. BUT some "boats" are made so they are the equivalent of leaving a convertible with the top down outside all the time. That's neglect, but it's also peculiar to a type of car, or "boat." It's just that those "boats" don't have a convenient built-in covering system; to me that's reason enough to avoid them.

 

[Fleetwin]

Re: My pet peeve about some boat owners

The thing that always makes me shake my head is: $50K worth of cars in the driveway and $50.00 worth of junk in the garage!

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: My pet peeve about some boat owners

It is common here for the boats are left in the water all year, but this is the first time in 30 years its frozen over, spring crank up is going to be ruff this year.