[CyberAnt]

Uuuummmmm?? I don't think this is anything at all ...

Any good fisherman - at least a fisherman who goes into SALT water - would never leave the salt water on his boat. The first thing he would do is wash the salt water off his boat, because the salt would corrode his boat - especially if it's a metal boat - which Scott's boat appears to be.

This is NOTHING!!!

[Poohbah]

Any good fisherman - at least a fisherman who goes into SALT water - would never leave the salt water on his boat. The first thing he would do is wash the salt water off his boat, because the salt would corrode his boat - especially if it's a metal boat - which Scott's boat appears to be.

There would still be detectable traces for some time.

A complete absence of such traces indicates that the boat hasn't been in the water for a long time.

[Partisan Hack]

NO WAY he could get 100% of the salt off the boat's interior, exterior, trailer, equipment, and his clothing.

Also, nobody in Scott's family knew he had a boat.

Furthermore, Scott doesn't even own any fishing gear!

[Yellowcat]

CyberAnt, you said: "Any good fisherman - at least a fisherman who goes into SALT water - would never leave the salt water on his boat. The first thing he would do is wash the salt water off his boat, because the salt would corrode his boat - especially if it's a metal boat - which Scott's boat appears to be."

If the boat had been in salt water, then traces of salt water residue along with residue of mico living sea creatures and plant life native to the Berkeley Marina would remain inside the motor's cooling system. I heard experts explain this on a TV talk show.

Did Scott think of this before the police were called? Did he have time to run the boat motor in fresh water to flush out the salt water residue?