I know the Skiffs are rugged and will handle the seas, not sure about the salt water. I've had my boat in NY Harbor for the Opsail Regatta in 2000, & have had her in rough water where we were taking on water over the windshield, & my Skiff handled beautifully....Sea Skiff's are built for rough water IMHO, but while part of the Hudson was salt water, I haven't kept her in Salt Water. Hopefully someone else will have the answer to that one! -- CCSSC

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Date Posted: 22:34:27 03/02/03 Sun
Author: Jennifer
Author Host/IP: dialup-209.246.180.58.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net / 209.246.180.58
Subject: I know the Skiffs are rugged and will handle the seas, not sure about the salt water. I've had my boat in NY Harbor for the Opsail Regatta in 2000, & have had her in rough water where we were taking on water over the windshield, & my Skiff handled beautifully....Sea Skiff's are built for rough water IMHO, but while part of the Hudson was salt water, I haven't kept her in Salt Water. Hopefully someone else will have the answer to that one!
In reply to: Chris Pacey 's message, "1955 26 ft Sea Skiff" on 21:38:55 03/01/03 Sat

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[> Re: 1955 26 ft Sea Skiff -- Faye, 10:20:20 03/04/03 Tue (cache-mtc-am01.proxy.aol.com/64.12.97.6)

Hi. The skiff will take the heavy seas but do you want your engine to be subjected to salt water? We have a 1957 CCSS and live on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. We used our boat a couple of times out in the gulf... then had a new engine put into it. We will take the boat into salt water but only for a short trip and then run the engine in fresh for a long time and be absolutely certain that there isn't a speck of salt water left in or on her before putting it away. This warm salt water is also a parasite haven... be aware that the boat is 50 years old and made for the cold fresh water of the north lakes. Faye

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[> [> Re: 1955 26 ft Sea Skiff -- Chris, 21:21:28 03/04/03 Tue (AC89AD30.ipt.aol.com/172.137.173.48)

As far as salt water I really don't have a choice, not lakes in So. AL. just bays and the Gulf. I will be keeping the boat in a boat lift. It will not be sitting in the water all the time, fouling down here is terrible. These boat don't need to be kept in the water for the hull to remain water tight, do they??????

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[> [> [> All Sea Skiffs leak a little, however, I haven't noticed any difference from when I kept my boat in the water year round to keeping it in dry storage, i.e. leaking more. Like any wooden boat, they will leak IMHO a little, but it doesn't take long to "swell"....I've never had a problem with my Skiff, well, accept the time the battery went dead & knocked the bilges out, LOL!!! -- Jennifer, 09:42:53 03/05/03 Wed (dialup-67.75.131.57.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net/67.75.131.57)

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