Tin Diesel
Well-Known Member
With my boat in the shop for what I hope is a minor repair, I'm looking around for other ways to spend money on it (not)!
Its a 2007 Mercury I/O and has always been on a freshwater lake in Texas, and always stored out of the water - on a lift when my brother owned it, and now on a trailer.
When I got it in 2017, the skeg had some minor corrosion which I sanded down and fixed - no problems since.
There are some anodes on the stern drive - but I'm not an expert in these things.
Anyway, my question is this. We're thinking that a couple of times a year we may want to take the boat down to Clear Lake / Galveston Bay or Matagorda Bay (brackish water, I think, although Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay will be more salt than Clear Lake).
Do I need to worry about adding cathodic protection - or maybe the Mercathode system? I know to rinse everything afterward, especially since my trailer isn't galvanized.
Any suggestions?
Its a 2007 Mercury I/O and has always been on a freshwater lake in Texas, and always stored out of the water - on a lift when my brother owned it, and now on a trailer.
When I got it in 2017, the skeg had some minor corrosion which I sanded down and fixed - no problems since.
There are some anodes on the stern drive - but I'm not an expert in these things.
Anyway, my question is this. We're thinking that a couple of times a year we may want to take the boat down to Clear Lake / Galveston Bay or Matagorda Bay (brackish water, I think, although Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay will be more salt than Clear Lake).
Do I need to worry about adding cathodic protection - or maybe the Mercathode system? I know to rinse everything afterward, especially since my trailer isn't galvanized.
Any suggestions?