On 18 Oct 2007 13:31:56 -0700, Tim wrote:

Today it's been raining a slight shower off 'n on all day, then my
wife and I left town this evening, and when coming back the shower
turned into a down pour!

all 60 mi. of it!

I dropped her off at home and took the trusty old wagon up to my dads
farm to retrieve the Marquis. it hadn't rained so long, it's hard to
believe it would.

so there's my boat sitting nose down on a very gentle slope, and I
knew it would be full of water, so I buckled it up to the trailer and
pulled it 5 mi. into town and put it in my warehouse. While sitting
there it must have drained for a good 10 minutes, that was including
the pull home in the hard rain.

No complaints though, it will dry out, and I pulled the engine cover
to see if the water got up to the starter motor. I was hoping it would
be dry (which it was) because I hate standing on my head to take the
starter off a 350 chevy, crammed down in the bowls of the boat!


We're getting a pounding rain.

hmmm, in drought conditions, maybe I ought to leave the boat out more
often.....

Hope some of it comes our way. We've been 33 days without rain. One more
will break the record.