On Jun 19, 5:49*pm, bpuharic wrote:
Well the marina has wi fi...if you're in a certain spot...so here's an
update from morrison's in beach haven, nj

friday...maintenance day. *put in the new starter (THANKS TIM!)...and
this time used the lower helm station. *worked GREAT. no problems. put
in a new zinc for the heat exchanger on the cooling system...mounted 2
new fire extinguishers to keep everything legal

then took her out for a spin. what a great day! sunny, about 75
degrees and no wind at all. *went up and down the channel a few tims
to check steering. *found a basin where the ferry boats dock and
practiced docking. *this single engine boat steers like a dream. very
maneuverable but turning radius is BIG. *corrected for prop walk when
backing down and it went into the slip like a fine motor car.

got it back to my dock, went right into the slip...nice end to the
day.

took the wife and 2 dogs out today....very windy. *had been planning
to head down the ICW about 5 miles and go about 1/2 mile into the
atlantic just to say we'd been there. *but the wind started to really
kick up so we headed back to the dock. came up the fairway and the
wind caught me...made it hard to dock so i turned the boat in its own
length (a trick learned from the coast guard boat crew manual), went
out and came back in. *

wind was no better but i was able to put boat up against sea wall and
friends just walked it into the slip. *

so, it was a very, very good day to be out on the boat. *some anxiety
about the first cruise after the disaster last year, but the boat,
after all my maintenance, ran like a fine watch.

thanks to TIM who helped save me lots of time and MONEY...

boating is a HELLUVA fun hobby!

Excellent, Bob! I'm really glad you had a blast, and glad I could be a
part of it.