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boat storage #39766 09/03/02 01:07 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 477 Likes: 27 lampasas texas T tim k OP Member
OP tim k Member T Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 477 Likes: 27 lampasas texas	Can anyone tell me if it is better to leave a fiberglass boat stored in the water or is it better to pull it out of the water and leave it on the shore? My guess would be the water is less harsh on the fiberglass bottom than the ground would be. Thanks

Re: boat storage #39767 09/04/02 05:24 AM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,105 East Central Indiana J John Monroe Member
John Monroe Member J Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,105 East Central Indiana	Even in frash water,I would take it out of the water. I use to have a lake cottage where I left my fiberglass sailboat in the water all summer and it would develope a dirty hull that was very hard to clean. Salt water would even be worse I think. John

Re: boat storage #39768 09/04/02 04:41 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 128 Boerne, TX E Editor, Mark McDonald Member
Editor, Mark McDonald Member E Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 128 Boerne, TX	Leaving your boat in the water for prolonged periods will give your rig a pronounced "ring around the collar." Mark McDonald Editor, Pond Boss