It's a fresh water lake where the boat is, so I doubt if the rig ever even smelled salt air, but you never know. I'm a bit interested as I would like a project boat to piddle on, but its a 14 footer, so that knocks my level of interest down. I don't think I would buy a new boat and then just park it in the garage unless my health took a bad turn before I could put it in the water. But bad things happen to people for no reason at all. The Picture showed a nice boat, would make someone a good 1st boat if they wanted a V hull, and then fix it/mod it to suit their needs, but the statement of new boat never in the water and 4 y/o just caught my eye and seemed a bit odd.