I dont think i am the first person or the last to scrape an outdrive on the ramp. I am used to having an outboard and it is easier to notice, visually, when the engine is down. Anyways, i dragged my outdrive about 5 ft up the ramp when i pulled my boat out, there is no real damage to speak of on...
I recently purchased a 2004 Bayliner 175 with a 3.0 Mercruiser, the previous owner only ran the boat at Big Bear (~6700 ft above sea level) i took it to Lake Elsinore (~1300 ft) and it would not idle, I managed to get it out of the no wake zone and it ran fine at high RPM around the lake but...
