https://www.theboatline.com/blog daily 1.0 2017-12-17 https://www.theboatline.com/blog/2017/12/17/protecting-your-investment-spray-now-or-pay-later monthly 0.5 2017-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513550014396-NZ50IB7YS295NXD18C57/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later It isn't necessary to do a lot of technical repair and maintenance on your boat to be involved in keeping it reliable and well cared for. Simple corrosion spray, appropriately applied, can dramatically improve and maintain the condition of your boat. The goal here is to preserve resale value, avoid costly repairs and promote safety at sea through reliability. The best time to go over the gear on your boat is right after your service provider has worked on it. Looking the boat over at this point does two things, you can review the work that was done, and you can take the time to spray corrosion inhibitor over all your gear even in out of the way places, instead of paying a skilled technician for something so basic. Here are some photos of gear that was not treated with corrosion spray. This can affect safety at sea, not to mention that these avoidable repairs ended up being very costly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513547789808-ZE3GYQR1AAR4NS5H2XTQ/IMG_1856.JPG Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later This windlass on a 42’ boat is an expensive piece of gear. The corrosion we see on it is easy to prevent. After the batteries have been disconnected at the end of your boating season, simply spray the whole thing down with your favorite corrosion inhibitor. This seems so simple but is often overlooked. A treatment like this will extend the life of your equipment, improve appearance, avoid premature failure and boost resale value. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513548106940-ELRCJKL30BVNR067UO0I/Screen+Shot+2017-12-17+at+5.01.16+PM.png Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later We picked up this little outboard used. The previous owner could have maintained the condition and value with just a simple anti-corrosion spray. The lower unit and the case bolts are severely corroded. It’s simple and easy to avoid, no special skill required here just spray the engine down periodically and protect your investment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513548231311-WHDFUFICM016A7LLTG1S/IMG_2442.JPG Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later In this photo, we see a fuel filter housing which could have been easily maintained if the owner had treated it every year.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513548420889-K5ALZSF97V3J03ODZ3Z8/IMG_2440.JPG Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later The top of this fuel tank was covered in a weird goo from a leaky inspection hatch. This is a good example in which you don’t have to be a boat expert to see that this is bad and something needs to be done about it, corrosion spray might have protected the tank and the fittings even if it wasn’t in the budget to have the hatch replaced right away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513548716604-AO7GYC08L7KDIZ3UD6YV/IMG_2056.JPG Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later This terminal block was in the engine room of a 38’ sport fishing boat, it is the high water alarm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513549000174-XI9YDABWPQRGW93DXROI/IMG_2164.JPG Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later Pumps like this macerator often get forgotten because they are down in the bilge somewhere. Don't let this happen to your pump. Spray the whole housing and let it sit like that for the off season.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592359bee58c62b98160704f/1513549327151-M2UHCA4852573VX3HK24/Screen+Shot+2017-12-17+at+5.21.39+PM.png Blog - Protecting Your Investment: Spray now or pay later Here are a few products we recommend. 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