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 Running a bass boat in brackish water?
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03/22/13 04:54 AM
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Geoffisherman
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I am not real sure, or confident in doing this, but is it ok to run a 2 stroke 150HP VMAX in brackish water (50% fresh/50% salt). I have read to flush it, and wipe everything down with a vinegar/water solution etc...but I am awfully nervous about it. Any advice?
There's a reason why they call it a LEGENDLE-21
"In the midst of wrong all around him, the man in the right just keep a comin"
Philippians 4:13
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Re: Running a bass boat in brackish water?
[Re: Geoffisherman]
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03/22/13 11:44 AM
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skeeter22
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Got a galvanized or aluminum trailer?
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Re: Running a bass boat in brackish water?
[Re: Geoffisherman]
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03/22/13 02:19 PM
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Pat Goff
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Your motor's fine.
If you have a painted trailer, it's doomed. Period. You can't wash it enough to save it.
Then all those copper wires under your dash, in the bilge, behind each control plate? Doomed.
That nice bass boat carpet? Doomed
I can't tell you how many cancer cases guys tried to drag in to trade in after "one" trip to the brine. Learn from them, don't do it.
There's a big difference between a freshwater boat and a designed for saltwater, take heed from that.
Pat Goff Seadrift TX ![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/X48Kbbq/scooter-shallow.jpg)
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Re: Running a bass boat in brackish water?
[Re: Geoffisherman]
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03/22/13 02:29 PM
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skeeter22
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^^^^^^ Sage advice from Pat. As always.
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Re: Running a bass boat in brackish water?
[Re: Geoffisherman]
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03/22/13 08:51 PM
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Reef Runner
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^
yep.
Get some Coorrosion-X, follow the directions and use it.
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Re: Running a bass boat in brackish water?
[Re: Geoffisherman]
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03/28/13 05:14 PM
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Rayzor
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That's why I got a Tx-21.
Be safe, Rayzor ![[Linked Image]](http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp267/JLedbetter/th_Boatpics036.jpg) 2001 Triton Tx-21/225 Mercury EFI
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Re: Running a bass boat in brackish water?
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03/28/13 06:32 PM
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RudyDep
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Your motor's fine.
If you have a painted trailer, it's doomed. Period. You can't wash it enough to save it.
Then all those copper wires under your dash, in the bilge, behind each control plate? Doomed.
That nice bass boat carpet? Doomed
I can't tell you how many cancer cases guys tried to drag in to trade in after "one" trip to the brine. Learn from them, don't do it.
There's a big difference between a freshwater boat and a designed for saltwater, take heed from that.
^^^^ Yup...what HE said!!!
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