It FLOATS!!...
 

Although she went down a while back, now she sits on top like a new bobber!!...

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Ran 'er up to the lake today...still idling a little rough, but we'll take care of that...ran her up a couple of times and each time,although it felt very strong, soon ran hot...:head:...pulled the T'stats...sand in one...idled around and ran at dock w/out t'stats for a while w/hoses to diverter rearranged to purge sand...put it all back and ran 'er out again, and again the horn went off...hot again...
Stopped by Holdens Marine and talked w/Mike...his 1st question was; Where did you mount the motor?...I told him, On this one I put it on the back of the boat...He LOLed a bit and said; How HIGH?...we walked out and looked at it and he's convinced at speed it's not getting enough water to the intake cuz it's too high on the tranny...funny thing is, Spare had it lower and I, in all my brilliance wanted it higher, so I got what I asked for...I'll drop it down a notch in the morning and try again...

The good news is, prior to over heating, it runs REEL good...STRONG outta the hole and up to about mid range is as far as it got...damn new tach ain't 100%, so gotta figure that out...we'll see how it goes tomorrow...

Lookin' goood reel!

When you gonna get dem jersey plates off that thing?

Thanks, Tsubaki!!...the Jersey plates will stay til I got some SC plates to replace...gotta have SOMETHING up there to keep Johnny Law ay bay while the bureaucracies grind thru their processes...it'll happen in time...

:clap: Making progress reel. Looks good. Keep at it brother.

Nice!!!

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it's gonna be sweet!!!!

rkc

Hope that is all it is Reel. Boat is looking nice! :clap:

Lookin fine there sir. Keep tweakin' away, she be puuuurfect soon

She sure does sit purty in the water!

Hurry up and get it dialed in so we can kill some stripers up at VA Beach with Lee and Draglink and whoever else's arm we can twist.

Don't have to twist mine. Oregon Inlet should be good fishin this year again.

Now I ask you......WHY would he want to take off the best thing on the boat? :head:

Looking good Reel... looking reel-y good. :clap::beer: :clap:

Thats awesome Reel, congrats!

10-4 Lee. I'm ready to get back down to OI too. Rudy is a cinch to get out of but I just really like the OBX. Plus we got virtually skunked last year in VA.

We'll do it.

We gotta do it this year...and w/Lee as guide, how can we miss...slab-city here we come!!..:clap:

Man those 1984 V-20's are some fine looking vessels.

Good to see you back on the water REEL!

I might get to work on my hyd cyl's Monday or tuesday, I need to get them fixed.

I hope I can put us on fish, nothing hurts worse than SKUNKv1:fight:

Don't go talkin' about no SKUNKS now...we ain't gonna have any of that...:bat:

I think you misunderstood Mr. krinkle, he wanted to go troll Rehobooth Beach not Virginia beach.

Well who am I to argue w/the Fumunder Master...:clap:

looking good Ozzie! I'm glad to see it on top of the water. I will work on the papers you asked for.

Looks great oz ....man that thing sits nicw and high in the water with that 200 hangin on the rear.... looking good brother looks like shes ready for a dutchmans run...

Every time I see the pic of that seal sittin on the little bit that was still outta the water, I break up!!...:you: