SPLASH! (finally) with pics!!!

[TunaHead]

I bought my V on Ebay in early March. She was living in New Jersey at the time but the old registration stickers showed previous addresses in New York and Florida. I had her hauled to California and have spent the past few months bringing her up to speed. My wife has an Excel spread sheet file on the desk top that has all of the expenses tallied. The file is called "BlackHole". I won't tell you the total cuz it's a little embarassing...

But FINALLY I splashed her in Humboldt Bay today for a shake down cruise. After some initial battery problems it ran like a top and we put 10 miles under the hull before the engine inexplicably sputtered to a stop. The new kicker motor came in handy on the first voyage and we made it back to the dock without further problems (there is no vessel towing service here).

First ever taste of Pacific water.


View of the cockpit. The fancy seating will be upgraded next year.


33 mpg (via GPS) with 60 gallons of fuel and 3 people aboard.


I'm thinking of keeping this hairstyle...


Glad the wife was along. Suddenly that kicker motor and bracket didn't seem like such an extravagant expenditure.