The theme this week around here was "Remember, it's for the children..."
Kind of an inside joke, but we have one of the granddaughters in town. She is 9 years old and quite a pistol, but we are enjoying her. Trecking to the community pool and back ,things like that have kept us hopping in this hot weather. We have two children still at home, and they help, but she really loves Grandma, and likes to bug me a lot too!
I have not had the boat out in over 3 years, the last time out I wrecked the props trying to get to a sinking jetski, crossed over a shallow rocky area. Was able to get to the jetski but could only go at a very shaky idle speed, the props were completely folded over, amazing we even got him towed back in.
Anyway, budget is always slim so it took me a while looking on eBay to get some props in my budget. We moved to a different state 3 years ago during this time, and just got the boat here a year ago and stored it. The boat was also starting to need some fixes and improvements, plus the regular maintenance for an I/O on top of all that. I have been working pretty hard on it in the heat lately, and finally got it all tested and buttoned up late yesterday afternoon.
We took it out early evening for a shakedown cruise for an hour or so, it ran and performed perfectly, all went great, and here is my paycheck...:
Kind of an inside joke, but we have one of the granddaughters in town. She is 9 years old and quite a pistol, but we are enjoying her. Trecking to the community pool and back ,things like that have kept us hopping in this hot weather. We have two children still at home, and they help, but she really loves Grandma, and likes to bug me a lot too!
I have not had the boat out in over 3 years, the last time out I wrecked the props trying to get to a sinking jetski, crossed over a shallow rocky area. Was able to get to the jetski but could only go at a very shaky idle speed, the props were completely folded over, amazing we even got him towed back in.
Anyway, budget is always slim so it took me a while looking on eBay to get some props in my budget. We moved to a different state 3 years ago during this time, and just got the boat here a year ago and stored it. The boat was also starting to need some fixes and improvements, plus the regular maintenance for an I/O on top of all that. I have been working pretty hard on it in the heat lately, and finally got it all tested and buttoned up late yesterday afternoon.
We took it out early evening for a shakedown cruise for an hour or so, it ran and performed perfectly, all went great, and here is my paycheck...:
