Hey there ya go, looks like your ready for some wave action on the big lake!
A word of advice on the fire extinguisher, move it as far as you can from the possible source of fire but still have easy access. You don't want to have to go into the flames to get the extinguisher.
Very good point. Ill see if I can sneak it under the console somewhere.
Nice to see your boat in person this weekend! Looked good on the water. Sounded really nice too when you took off.
Let's have no unintended testing the new pump, java.
Sure hope the leaks are gone.
Good advice on the extinguisher. I have one mounted in plain sight at the helm because I figure 99 times out of a 100 I'll be running the boat and it's close at hand. Seconds count.
Didn't get tested this weekend! Bilge was wet, it looked like it was swimming/tube etc water, or a tiny leak if any, maybe a gallon or two total. I painted the 5200 on the bottom black, and there was one little white line, maybe 1/2" long, I couldn't tell if it was just from the 5200 stretching with the boat flex or if it split there. Ill get under there with a flashlight.
But man the new boat worked SO much better than the old one, we had two kids, 200lbs of dog, and two adults, and all our camping gear for a 3 day weekend. (we did the math and it looked like we were right at capacity for the boat, no placard, but USCG calc put us at 8 people) Took a few seconds to plane, but did get up and cruised at 27mph at 3800RPM's. The old one took two trips and wouldn't plane.
The forest fires made for an interesting weekend. They picked up a ton friday, Thursday night it was a little smoky, but not bad, friday it was snowing ash. Couldn't see across the lake.
Thursday night, not too bad
Friday:
Off the bow, that's the bimini at the top of the pic, land you can sort of make out, not very far away. GPS was definately helpful this weekend.
