Hope Now I Will NOT Blow Up

[BigDaddy]

Long story short, when I bought the boat (consignmeht dealer) they told me to keep the oil tank 2/3 full, dont fill it all the way. No problem, I thought, filled the tank 2/3 full on our first outing and kept my eye on it. Here in, lies the problem, after we were trolling in the ICWW one night (with the baby, no doubt), we were ready to call it a night and go home-4.5 miles away-i decided after the rods were put away I would give it a little gas, being i had never had it over 1/4 throttle. Well, after getting all the rods put away and getting straight, I slowly gave it about 1/3-1/2 throttle, it took off like a jet. Right as we were planing out, the motor died. We were dead in the water for about 2-3 minutes before it would fire back up. When I did get the motor started again, we developed a "tick". It wasnt a "knock", but a tick. We limped home and thanked god we made it safely. After 50 Gal of gas or so, since we bought the boat, it donned on me I hadnt burned a gallon of oil. There ya go, although the entire 50 gallons of gas was in a "minimum wake" zone, and being I was a new skipper, I didnt want to push anything (until I was familiar with my new vessel), we cruised it everywhere-up and down the ICWW. Would you like to hear the "tick"? I know its not good, i just hope its not BAD.

I cant stand to think that the "Reel Lucky" is not real lucky.
What you think?