Ran the V down to St Augustine on Sunday (50 miles round trip, maybe) with the wife... it was 75* and sunny and the boat ran great. Topped it out at 40.1 knots. Tach still didn't work, though. We ran under 30 knots most of the day.
Took it in to a trusted shop on Monday and got some bad but bearable news... the regulator rectifier was bad. The brand new tach was also bad. Had both replaced as well as some general maintenance and minor repairs and ended up with a pretty good bill (hopefully West Marine will return the faulty Teleflex tach, but is it possible the regulator caused it go bad?).
Oh well, at least now everything's in good operating condition. We'll be heading offshore Sunday and the conditions are lining up perfect. My next post should be my first in the Fishing section!
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03-16-2011, 08:32 PM
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