So it finally broke the 50 degree mark two weeks ago and my wife was out of town so I had a friend come to town for the weekend to take the boat out. He wanted to go get Oysters, so we did:
That's him in the waders, I stayed in the boat.
It was a very nice weekend, clear skies and calm seas. A little nippy, but not too bad.
Overall it was a great time to take the boat out after it had been sitting for 3-4 months in storage.
It was the first time I took it out for oysters, and the first time I brought it up to shore at low tide to let someone off, and it all went off more or less without a hitch, which was rare when the two of us take the boat out. Well not quite, I should mention it took me 45 minutes to get the motor to actually idle before we got out on Saturday, which seems to be a theme lately...
Then I noticed some things. The cabin lights that were broken and I had replaced the day before still don't work. I'm guessing its a wiring issue with the switch, or the switch itself based on the problems I had with the navigation lights before. The live well wasn't filling with water, and when I flipped the switch down in the battery compartment, it wouldn't come out the hose attachment in the back either. I was hearing some odd noises down there so I started rooting around and found out that my bilge pump was never hooked up. But hey, these were all existing problems from the previous owner. I've only had the boat for 6 months and I new there was still work to be done, now its just a little more work.
At least we didn't break anything new on this trip, right?
Wrong.
That's him in the waders, I stayed in the boat.
It was a very nice weekend, clear skies and calm seas. A little nippy, but not too bad.
Overall it was a great time to take the boat out after it had been sitting for 3-4 months in storage.
It was the first time I took it out for oysters, and the first time I brought it up to shore at low tide to let someone off, and it all went off more or less without a hitch, which was rare when the two of us take the boat out. Well not quite, I should mention it took me 45 minutes to get the motor to actually idle before we got out on Saturday, which seems to be a theme lately...
Then I noticed some things. The cabin lights that were broken and I had replaced the day before still don't work. I'm guessing its a wiring issue with the switch, or the switch itself based on the problems I had with the navigation lights before. The live well wasn't filling with water, and when I flipped the switch down in the battery compartment, it wouldn't come out the hose attachment in the back either. I was hearing some odd noises down there so I started rooting around and found out that my bilge pump was never hooked up. But hey, these were all existing problems from the previous owner. I've only had the boat for 6 months and I new there was still work to be done, now its just a little more work.
At least we didn't break anything new on this trip, right?
Wrong.
