Now in the water

[Hal380]

I bought my Steplift from an estate. On the way home I made a safety stop to check the trailer - and found a burnt out bearing on the right tire. Had the rig towed to local dealer and bought new trailer. I changed out the spark plugs, fuel filter, added fuel water separator, and changed the gear lube and had new water pump installed. Painted bottom, and did a general all over cleaning and polishing. Dropped it in the water yesterday and several of the guys there said what a good boat it was. A couple said they had one like it once and should never have gotten rid of it. Any way another guy from the club and I took it out for a trial. Doggone that boat flys. Not sure how fast we were going, but my friend who I let drive, was smiling from ear to ear. Turns out he was a former V20 owner and this brought back some memories. He said to me, "You have a gooooood boat here". Naturally I was pleased.

One problem showed itself - at low speed the engine sounds like it missing and there is some vibration. At higher speed it seems to even out. I will go over the the Performance Forum to get some suggestions.

Overall very happy. In the bag of "Stuff" that came with the boat was a Garmin GPSMAP 178C Sounder. Now I need to find out if it works.

Regards to all

Hal