03-10-2020, 05:39 AM
Trying out this posting thing on the new site and thought I would start out by saying after a long 10 months my boat is back in the water. Didn't think it was going to happen Saturday or not. Went to hook house up in the yard to start it and my muffs were missing. So trip to Walmart. Got water turned on and battery was dead. The trickle charger I had hooked up had come unplugged so didn't charge. So pulled out battery charger and it had a short....*sigh* but it worked enough it started so it could charge up. Couple more things went wrong but I finally went to provo state park around 5:45 and got in water about 6. Iran circles around the marina keeping it about 1800-2000 rpm as advised for my break in period for new bearings. I ended up running out for about 1.25 hours I believe. No oil leaked out which means the seals are working which sidelined the boat to start with. Runny thing is this was my first time being on the water at night and the first time I put the boat on trailer someone else has every time. I bought steps that mount on the trailer and has 3 steps that are on the starboard side with a long handle to help get in and out of the bow. They are very nice and handy