Sounds great, but one question: If you have a GPS, why bother fixing
the speedo? Only 'cause it's a dead guage? :^)

I am afraid there is a lot of debris in the water

I wouldn't have understood this as well if I hadn't seen this myself
last year after the drought was ending in NC. Water levels at a local
lake were over a foot higher than normal and while cruising along, I
kept having to play dodge the log. :^o

-Jim


RGrew176 wrote:
Today was the day. I finally splashed the hull. I made it down to the marina
and had them pull me out of the rack and put me in a work rack. I reinstalled
my radar and GPS. Last fall I decided to leave my batteries in the boat only
disconnecting the positive cables and shutting the battery switches off. I
reconnected the cables and cranked the engines and sure enough the cranked like
they had not been sitting the past 7 months. Then I asked them to put me in the
water. I cranked the engines and both started fine. I let them run for 15
minutes and then headed out on to Lake Erie for a short run.

I ran out a couple of miles and turned around and headed back to the dock. My
speedo is not working so I will have to check that out. I am tied off on one of
the docks reserved for rack and launch customers for the night. I have to work
in the morning but after work I will be headed for a rendezvous with Boat Club
members at another Club for the balance of the weekend. The weather finally
looks promising. With all the rain we have had recently I am afraid there is a
lot of debris in the water so I am not going to install my new stainless steel
props until my next trip out.

Got back to the dock and spent the next couple of hours just sitting on the
boat at the dock soaking up the ambience. It's great to be back on the water.

Tally Ho.