OMC Saildrive corrosion of lower end

[MsBnMike]

My wife and I recently purchased an S2 8.0 with the OMC saildrive. After reading as much as we can find, has anyone electro plated (or can it be done) the lower end to help or stop corrosion? We want to be able to go from fresh to salt water but want to keep the motor viable. Any suggestions please?

[timangiel]

There is a yahoo group for saildrive owners that you might want to join and ask the question there. As far as I can tell, most people strip the lower unit down to the bear metal and apply some type of epoxy coating to protect the metal.

[sctpc]

Originally Posted by timangiel

most people strip the lower unit down to the bear metal and apply some type of epoxy coating to protect the metal.

Mine is painted Red then white epoxy 4-5 mil thick so when the antifoul gets scraped it easy to tell if you have gone to far, in 25 years she looks new Im in the process of stripping back my bottom after the last owner left her for four years growing shellfish.

[spudsmirage27]

Hi there,

we VCTAR only each spring as necessary. Have a few zebra mussels hiding up where you cant see. Use magnesium anodes. Can't comment on electroplating.
saildrive owners on the previous post is correct, will help you a lot.

Spud

Burlington Bay
Ont.