Wakeboart boats and Brackish (Salt) Water?

[jhillard]

I have had a Yamaha jetboat for 6 years, and an outboard before that in brakish water (mouth of the Potomac River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay). Use it, flush it, rinse it, wash it at the end of the weekend, cover it up, repeat next weekend is the formula we have used with no problems and the boats still look and run great and we have had no problems.

It is well past time to get a wakeboard boat (probably a budget orientedmodel until we can convince the wife differently). Is there something different about wakeboard boats that makes them more prone to problems in saltwater? There seems to be alot of messages along the lines of "if should be fine if it was not in salt water".

Is there something special I should do above what I have done for the other boats as far as keeping the boat in brackish water? It will be on the lift when not in use. Or is there a type of boat or model I should look for versus other models?

Just trying to go into this with as much info as possible. I have lots of other questions, but this is a good start...

Thanks,

-jhillard-

[jhillard]

Apologies for the duplicate post. I should not drink and watch the Steelers and post at the same time.

Lesson Learned.

[anw7405]

people say to stay away from saltwater boats because a lot of people don't do the standard routine you do. Do your routine and you will not have any more issues than you would in freshwater.