My new (old) boat

[Mac Attack]

just dropped it off at the marina

[old man river]

good luck sir 
Better : Brake Out  Another Thousand    ( BOAT )
Ha HA

[Mac Attack]

good luck sir 
Better : Brake Out  Another Thousand    ( BOAT )
Ha HA

It’s under warranty

But, yup - boats cost bucks!

[Mac Attack]

Update 7/12/20.  Got a call from the shop yesterday.  They replaced the tach to get that working.  They replaced the plugs, wires, cap, and rotor to fix the speed/planing issue.  They said it was “missing” a bit as the motor came under load.  They found one spark plug cap that was loose.  I’m not sure I’m buying what the guy said 100%.  I am 64 and have worked on vehicles my entire life.  My grandfather and dad both owned and operated their own garages.  Both my brothers are still auto mechanics and I put myself thru college for a ME degree wrenching on cars and trucks.  I know what a motor sounds and “feels” like when it’s dropping a cylinder.  When I ran the boat 2 wks back it wasn’t missing.  It simply wouldn’t rev up enough to get the boat up and out of the water.  Anyway, he said he ran it and it got up right away and ran easily over 40mph.  I have to travel this week for work but will pick it up Thursday when I get back.  I’ll take it out for a test ride there at the shop before I take it home and make sure it performs.  Also, I’m going to toss in a bottle or two of seafoam into that old gas in the tank.  I’m on vacation all of the following week so I’ll try to run the boat a lot and get most of that stale gas burned up.  Then I’ll refill it with non-ethanol 97 o rain stuff that I typically run in my boats.  In any event, it is reportedly fixed.  We’ll see.

[Mac Attack]

My baby is home again

[wallyworld]

WooHoo !!!

[Mac Attack]

Took it out this morning for a test run.
Fuel gage said it was empty.
W-T-F !?!?!
It had 1/2 a tank when I took it to the shop.
So I figured maybe they pumped out the old fuel too as part of the repair.  But why didn’t they replace it with good fuel?  Or at least a few gallons.
Anyway, we went for a short ride.
Runs great.
CJ and Chris took a swim while out there.
Afterwards we took it to Sunoco and I put 20 gallons of non-E gas in it.  Gage still didn’t move.  It’s an 85 gallon tank.
Came back to camp and put the transom straps on, texted my buddy at the marina, and headed there.
One hour drive and they fixed it while I waited.  Then the return one hour drive back.
I told my buddy Lee I’m burning more gas towing the stupid thing than out on the water.  I was upset and he knew it.
I’m back now and it’s fixed.
The wire was off the gage.
Either knocked it off or never put it back when they replaced the tach.

Here’s a few picks of my son Chris and my grandson CJ.

[filetandrelease]

 Glad your ship shape

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I got the rocket launcher system in.
Lot of work but really solid!!!!

[SizeMatters]

I got the rocket launcher system in.
Lot of work but really solid!!!!

Looks great!!! 
make sure you throw that ladder in.........lol

[rgfixit]

Nice lightning rod holder.

Keep your head down.

Rg

[wallyworld]

Looking good Mac 👍🏻 Now get out there and put some fish in that boat 😉

[Mac Attack]

Looking good Mac 👍🏻 Now get out there and put some fish in that boat 😉

I wish!

Still have the 2 depthfinders/gps to install with the transducer, Ethernet, and NMEA200 system.  Also the FishHawk speed and temp at the ball for the downriggers.
Also need to wire up the electric downriggers.  I have plugs and outlets for them to install and wire up.
Also have to install and wire the onboard 2 bank charger.
After all of that I have to load the gear into the boat and restring all of the rods.  They were due last year.  With leadcore and the pre-tied floro leaders, etc, that alone is a day’s amount of work.
Jeff is coming out tomorrow and we will tackle my outdoor sink first.  Then I need to figure out why my central AC isn’t draining properly.  Then up into the boat to start that.
I’m hoping we get it finished and ready by next weekend to fish out of it.  Then we start looking at the Minn Kota and all it requires.  Go search for that thread.  There’s actually 2 of them here on MFF.
I also have the canvass to get, toilet to swap out, cuddy to clean out for the gear and the trolling batteries, 3-bank onboard charger, etc.
Then there’s the raw water wash down system I need to get up and running.  Then I need tunes!!!  I’ve already selected the sound system, speakers, amp, and subwoofer.
Lots of things left to do!
😎

[lowaccord66]

My juices are flowing.  Negotiations have begun on this:

https://newhaven.craigslist.org/boa/d/westbrook-pro-sport-cuddy-2015-etec-225/7160992147.html

Then naturally I need to add ipilot!

[Mac Attack]

Nice rig