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Well it has been a fantastic 33 year love affair, and great ride. But it is time to say goodbye. It's like when you know that it is time to give up your drivers license. I'm afraid of hurting her or someone else. (me I don't care) I am starting to make mistakes and forget to do things that I...

You could do the same thing with a solid piece of fabric. It is the nature of the beast, when you have been exposed to mother nature for going on 40 years. I know what you mean, I was out fishing Friday, you hate to come in when you have days like that.

You can get some 1" strapping material, cut it to length and put a male snap on one end and a female snap on the other end. That will allow you to secure your cover, at very little cost. I have seen that done on a lot of boats. If you don't have a snap tool. Make the straps and mark the spots...

Hopefully you saved him from going over the falls. Thanks for sharing, nice pictures. Nothing beats lunch on the water.

I know what you mean, that is why I installed a windlass. I don't jump over my windshield very well any more. or climb through the hatch either.

You could go the way that we use to do it. If you have a have a sending unit on the tank remove the sending unit and replace it with a cover with a screw on cap. Then get a dipstick with markings on it. They do make inline flo meters, that you can add, that is what I have and it is pretty...

Along with a big heavy anchor or 2 Makes me glad that I am clear at the other end of the lake.

:cry: You will need more than flares if you are headed to those falls.:sad:

Ok here we go. Here are the numbers from the past 33 yrs. Average gal per hr. 5.9 Average cost per gal on land $247.6 1st yr $118.5 Last year $396.5 Total gal purchased 10,297.4 which = about 194 - 55 gal drums (I was told that they only put in 53 gal because of expansion) Total cost...

I was not comfortable with 7, so I went with 8. The difference between flying and boating is when you only have 1 tank and you empty it, you are drifting. :cry:

My 4's kick in at 3100 I usually run between 2700 -2900 which will get me to the low to mid 20's, depending on people and water conditions. When I first got her with 180 hrs on her she did 48 and the standard 30 mph at 3000 rpm's with her 350/260 Then through the years when I started adding...

I ran mine by hrs. I started a log to find an average, which was about 6 gal per hr. I have an 88 gal tank. So the longest I would run without filling up was 10 hrs. Today even with all my other gauges for safety I like hrs. That gave me a fudge factor of 8 gal per hr.

I never get into my 4's my average speed is probably 18 - 20 MPH. Other than some skiing and wakeboarding. My 33 year average is less than 6 gal an hr. I keep a ledger, so just for grins and giggles when I have a chance I will look it up and see how many gals I have gone through.

Gas, spark and a little compresion is all you need, and you don't need a computer to tell you which one you don't have.

The water in your engine where it didn't belong reminded me of mine.I was doing my decomition at the end of one season when I found some water on my #2 spark plug when I pulled it out. So a good friend of mine (this was beyond my pay scale) pulled the heads. In 1985 Chevy wanted to lighten up...

Got to love those GPS's:) It is even more fun at night.

Very nice Drew, thanks to you and your lady for sharing. You picked the right day to venture out. One thing about The Great Lakes, they can get real ugly in a very short period of time. Also nice work on getting your girl ready for the cruise.(y)

Ok, got it, thanks. The older I get the more confused I get. :)

I'm not good with the new stuff, what makes it change colors?

Great! And that is your fuse panel. It might have been like your cell phone or your computer, every so often they need to be shut down to regroup. Hope that did the trick, and you don't have a gremlin. Lol