marina/boat mechaninc

Charlestown Md has a free boat launch but then they charge you to park your truck. Think it's like $8 for the day. If you get a Md Park pass you can launch from any of the Md Park Launch areas for free all year. Pass it about $100 for out of staters, not sure how much since your in state.

Don't know any mechanics but this thread http://www.delawareja.com/forum/index.php?topic=35519.0
has some more info. There are a few ramps at the Bohemia right near the bridge. Since your in Elton the elk neck ramp would prob be closest. There is a nice free ramp in Delaware city. You could head out to the DE river or down the Canal but It's a little bit of a ride to the elk or Bohemia from there. The canal can be a bit rough for a smaller boat also. There is also one In Chesapeake city but it's not very user friendly.

Quote from Wolverine

Charlestown Md has a free boat launch but then they charge you to park your truck. Think it's like $8 for the day. If you get a Md Park pass you can launch from any of the Md Park Launch areas for free all year. Pass it about $100 for out of staters, not sure how much since your in state.

Directly across from Charlestown is Bay Boat Works (drive through Northeast on your way out to Turkey Point), they charge $10 to launch and Park. They also do repairs. My dad has used them to step the mast on his sailboat. I put my Yamaha in and out on their ramp on weekends. Its never crowded, the ramp isn't huge but your boat is smaller than mine so you should have no issues.

I have also used Bohemia Vista, they are pretty snoody and it costs $20.

Quote from jwalk

Nice pick up. I had the same boat and used it at Raystown lake as well. Also spent time in the Chesapeake, I would launch at Army Corp across from Chesapeake Inn and cruise down to Turkey Point. Never had a real issue with the small boat out there, but basically two years in the brackish water and lack of proper maint on my part killed the boat. Dumped a bunch of money in it on risers, y-pipe, starter. Good luck with it, some of my best days on the water were with that boat.

You really think the water is brackish enough to wear on it that bad. We never even flush our jetski engines and never have have an issue with it.

Im pretty sure the hole in the cylinder wall had nothing to do with the brackish water and everything to do with piss poor winterization.

Luke , i worked for 10 years as a certified marine technician. Even on raw water cooled systems , i never came across a motor that failed because of internal corrosion due to brackish water lying in the cooling jackets. I have seen exhaust manifold failure where the water jackets were corroded to the point water would make it to the cylinders but that usually would result in bent pushrods before causing a hole in a cylinder wall, this usually occurred on 10 year old plus manifolds and risers, or on boats used soley at the shore in saltwater. Flushing your skis wouln't be a bad idea though if you ride at the flats, we use to get a bunch of skis every summer with their jet pump housings packed with sand from getting in to shallow.