[chackett]

Thanks RidgeRunner,

I guess I should provide a little more detail. When I initially got the boat I siphoned off all the gas / water I could, until I was not able to siphon any more liquid out. Over the course of the next 5 weeks or so, I worked on engine and anytime I ran it, I ran it on a small external tank.

Once I got the motor running well, I put 20 gallons of fresh fuel in the internal tank. The next time I took it out, I started on the external tank, but when I switched to the internal tank, I couldn't get the motor to turn over. That's when I got towed back in (Thank you Boat US!) .. the day after I got towed in .. that's when I siphoned off the three mason jars I posted pictures of.

I probably siphoned off another 2 or 3 jars until there was no water in the tank. Then I ran the motor on the muffs for about 30 minutes total (10 minutes on, 10 minute rest, 10 minutes on, etc..) on the internal tank.

The following day I dropped the boat in the water and ran the remainder of the 20 gallons from the internal tank off. I'm really hoping the last bit of water I siphoned was just water that was left over from the first time I drained the tank and didn't get all the water that's in various places in the tank.

Thanks everyone .. really glad to be here.

Chris