good jumoing off point
ok its ugly but functional
clean this boat
back of blackhole creek
Not having run the little 4-stroke for probably six months, at least, I was worried it wouldn't work due to ethanol/petrol mixture separating and gumming up the works. Once in a while over the winter I'd remember to grab the engine and violently shake it back and forth to re-mix the blend that I'd left in the fuel tank....but not very often.
So it was with some level of trepidation that I mounted the OB and started yanking on the pull starter. Rats, no go. It usually starts on the 2nd or third try. Then I realized what an idiot I am. Sometime over the winter II had detached the KILL SWITCH cord and stowed it god-only-knows where. I definitely did not have it in the car.
Then I got the bright idea of fabricating an emergency switch insert out of cardbaord...and it WORKED!
So I put about an hour on the motor at all speeds and visitied the beach, too. I love having a sailboat that is beachable and draws about nine inches with the board up.
As I came in, I watched an Osprey chase a Blue Heron all over the creek. I don't know what these two were fighting about, probably just territory and fishing rights.