Got me a slip for the season…….

[Giorgio]

Charlie, I would put in new zincs and as for the motor the nose area should be fine, because I don't see much more than that sitting in the water, but you never can tell. One way is to take it to the ramp, get her wet, then see how much of the motor will sit in the water when you raise it. What about your bottom paint are you going to have someone do it for you or you will do it yourself?



Everyone on here knows 100% more than I do, so if there is a different opinion, they are probably right, so go with them.


Good Luck and get her wet soon.

[charlie_the_tuna]

thanks G. the bottom paint is in decent shape so i'm gonna just drop it in with what's already on there. as far as zinc goes, the only thing i can see is the trim tab on the lower unit. i don't know if the actual trim tabs get zincs. as i said, this is my first outboard. i never really paid much attention when my pop had outboards. i should have been more aware.

[Giorgio]

Charlie, how long has the original bottom paint been on there, if it's longer than two years you should repaint because you can have your own barnacle farm growing. If not that old, when you wet her run her at a high speed to reactivate the paint. The zincs, if they don't look all corroded or fallen apart, keep them. I only had one outboard and that was my 1st boat when I was 16, the other two, my Lynn's was an inboard and my Pro-Line, an I/O.
Enjoy your season with the family.
G

[SkunkBoat]

The type of bottom paint matters. There is "hard" paint that has to be in the water. Once its out for a few days it starts oxidizing the copper. Over a winter it is shot.
Hard paint is good in Florida where you don't haul the boat for 6 months.


There is Ablative paint. It can go in and out and you can paint in the fall and be good next spring. I use it. I used West marine CCP with good result. I tried West Marine PCA (more copper) last year because it was on super sale. Definitely was better. Used it again this year.

Generally, you can paint Ablative over old Hard but not the other way.

Go on the West Marine site there is a good explaination of bottom paint.

[Giorgio]

Skunk is right!! I forgot to ask if you knew what type of paint was already on your boat. I used Interlux CSC, an ablative paint which is a multi year paint. I think that paint goes now, I bet almost $300 a gallon. Back then I was paying $100. My friend Lloyd who has the Wellcraft, uses the West Marine paint and he swears by it, I don't know which one he uses, but I've helped take her out and she was clean.

[charlie_the_tuna]

i'm gonna be honest here... i'm gonna keep this boat one, maybe two seasons. although i may change my mind and keep it for ten years.... it's in beutiful shape. the current plan is to use the crap out of it for 2 years and sell it before the move down south and find my dreamboat when i arrive in the promised land. the paint on there now is in decent shape. no growth and it appears to be a couple layers thick. the marina is not located in stagnant water so i don't expect too much growth.
worst case, i'll blast and reseal the bottom if i decide to keep it. for now, i'm gonna drop and go.
my real issue is zincs. i don't see anything aside from the trim tab zinc. on my I/Os, there were zincs everywhere. the trim tabs are bennett smart tabs, so there's no electric hookup. just a spring loaded self adjusting tab. as i mentioned, i don't know if the entire lower unit comes out when tilted up. even if i change the trim tab zinc, i don't think it will be in the water. i see zero prior growth from the boat being moored. what do you guys think about new zincs?

[charlie_the_tuna]

AND…. Will I be able to tilt the motor all the way up and flush it with fresh water through the hose hookup? And will it flush when it’s not running?