ive never dealt with boats being left in the water, so maybe there are some wax “products” that are made for in water storage idk. but i do know youll never see wax on a race hull. water on water creates less friction than water on wax. im no scientist. do some research.
I left my 17’ Mako in the water for one week in Folly creek last summer and it took 2 people with a pressure washer an entire day to get it cleaned off, and it still has some brown stain on it. There was not only algae but barnacles growing on the hull. The trim tabs were so green you could barely see any silver at all. I’ll never leave it in the water even “overnight” ever again.
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I too am planning on renting a house for a week this summer with a floating dock and plan to keep a skiff and my 23’ Keywest docked for the week. My concern is that I believe this dock is pretty shallow at low tide. Any harm if my boats sat in the mud as the tide cycled through? I plan to check it out this weekend so I am not locked into anything yet.
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I take my boat to Edisto each year and have rented dock space for a week and absolutely no problems (I fished or went touring every day). You’ll get a little scum line, but that comes off easy with oxyalic acid (suggested by other poster). As for the shallow water, I keep my boat on a lift at my dock and the creek is mud at dead low. I can only float off the lift at three hours on either side of high tide. If I leave the boat in the mud, I can leave the dock at almost four hours on either side of high. So, to get a longer trip for the day, I will occasionally leave my boat in the mud BUT BE SURE TO RAISE THE ENGINE!!! USE BUMPERS !!! DOUBLE CHECK THE POSITION OF YOUR TRANSDUCERS IF THEY ARE MOUNTED EXTERNAL ON THE STERN (the mud can push them up and you’ll get crazy readings - but you can easily push them back to level).