After becoming a boat owner I have lurked around to learn. It seems after reading most of these threads and posts that proper maint. will prevent costly repairs and stranding out on the water. But I just bought this boat, had a mechanic look it over, and was stranded in the water the first day...
I just bought a 1996 Celebrity Firestar Monday. Took it out on the water Tuesday, and everything was fine until we were idling in the water getting the tube set up and the engine cut off. We tried restarted it but it wouldn't ignite. It sounded like it wanted too. So sprayed some starter fluid...
