u/DCS30

Image is from google.

I'm looking at a boat that has corrosion/rusting on the circled and highlighted areas (green highlight is underneath). The boat was last used in Florida and the guy says it was apparently only used in freshwater. Is corrosion/rusting and bubbling/peeling on these areas normal, or is it evidence of salt water use?

Thanks.

I took a boat for a sea test today and his cap kept coming off, spraying water into the engine bay. On our old boat, there was no cap and the port was sealed.

Can someone shed some light on this? When I googled it, some had a cap, some didn't.

Thanks.

I went to look at a 2008 Four Winns today that was in fantastic shape, but had this gouge on the bottom (top line). It was hard to capture in the photos, but can anyone determine if it looks like a scrape or a crack? I can live with a scrape. It was the depth of a thumbnail that was cut short, if that makes sense. Meaning, if you scrape your thumb over it, it catches.

Thanks!

Edit: may as well try to tie this in: the guy put electric surge brakes on the trailer, meaning the reverse blocking mechanism is triggered by the reverse lights. Thanks to a fuck up on both my end and my dealership, my truck only has the 4 pin, so I would need to physically stop the solenoid from activating when reversing. I didn't see anywhere to insert a pin. Has anyone else had come across this? Thanks again.

We're shopping for a new-to-us boat and are looking into fiberglass boats as a change from aluminum. A lot in our price range have osmotic blistering which I've learned to stay away from. Supposed to go look at a 2002 Glastron gx18, but he sent me some photos, and I'm just wondering if this stuff is normal. I'm worried about delamination as well, but to me, this kind of just looks like water stains.

Thanks.