Doug, that would be a big waste of my time. There is very little salt in the water here on the north coast. Also, if you read my original post, the problem was that I had two broken tillers that I could make one good one from if I could get them apart - it had nothing to do with sand or salt.
Be glad you don't have to worry about those to problems. Fill a bucket up around here and let in set for a few minutes. There is about half inch of sand in it most of the time.
Doug
