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Salt water, but not full time with the Whaler as it's not bottom painted. Our other boat (different brand) is full time on the mooring in salt, and we also use the bow eye. It's through-bolted into the chain locker, as I am guessing most boats are.

You'd think the boatyard guys would know all this, but they often don't. But think about the force required to pull a boat up a steep ramp onto the trailer, and the safety margin required for highway travel - you have nothing to worry about using the bow eye on pretty much any boat.

Tim