Re: When to call it quits?
Fishthebay, I waved the SeaTow guy down at shackleford banks(NC) this summer and signed up on the water. My brother had to get towed in labor day when he bent the steering rod and the bill was $150. I am in the black!! Good thing it goes with the boat, not the operator. <br /><br />I figure the engine has a value of zero, so whats to lose? Sea Tow is great to get home if you need them, but my luck insures she will blow up 20 miles offshore with a storm bearing down on me. I do carry a sea anchor, cause this boat drifts *ss to the sea without power, and has a cut-out transom. Are there any signs of impending meltdown? If it starts running poorly, I won't go, but will it be running great, and then just die?<br /><br />The boat runs great, it actually turned 5500 WOT the other day on the lake, the highest of the year, which I attribute to re-propping, decarbing the motor a couple of times and burning 87 octane gas for the whole summer. Having run a diesel for 10 years, it was fun learning outboard maintenance with this old engine. <br /><br />As soon as my alimony obligation is up (yes, I gave away the farm!), I will be ready to get back in a bigger boat, but I have had so much fun with this boat, I will keep it too, maybe for my son, who, at 12 is turning into quite the carport hack, helmsman, and fisherman.<br /><br />JB, I thought you would catch the handle from THT forum. I was here first, but hang around there more now, especially since the boat is running good. Most be a FL thing.