EricM's Big test tomorrow!

[EricM]

Yesterday I sat and alternately stared at my damaged boat and my equally damaged bank account, trying to figure out how to salvage either one. The Prozak just wasn't helping much.

Today I tore the old girl down since I figured I had a better chance of fixing the boat. I unscrewed and pried, cleaned and adjusted, sealed and clamped, screwed and re-sealed, added more screws, attached the bumper rail and sealed it again, drained the water out of the lower two cylinders of the engine and dried the plugs, cranked and actually had spark, and even got the engine to actually start. The prop is as bad as I've ever seen without tearing off a blade and it will have to go in, but if that's the worst of it I've done well!

Tomorrow I'm hauling her to the lake after the sealant dries to give her the big test! I'm wearing two life jackets and a snorkel and taking the waterproof GPS so I can mark the new catfish structure if she fails to float. Wish me luck!

I will report on the outcome tomorrow - if I can.

 

[Guest]

Eric, I am crossing my fingers for you, hope everything goes well with the first voyage since the boat dunking. Knowing you the boat is fixed better thqn it was when new. Take a cheap bottle of champayne and christen it again, just don't hit the ole girl too hard.

 

[josh.schreiber]

lol i second doc's champagne advice! good luck out there.
if it turns out she does float you've got my number.

 

[WLG]

IM glad you decided to fix the ol girl Eric!! Im right partial to things that have been around awhile and proven themselves worthy. Besides if you got a new boat...your pets wouldnt be able to smell you comin!!!emoBigsmile

 

[fishinvol]

Good luck!

 

[Cathooker]

Good luck Eric. I'll say a little prayer for ya. emoAngel emoGrouphug Hopefully everything will go ok and the ole gal will be carrying you to the catfish holes for many a day to come.

 

[Kingfish]

EricM get off that hip and get the Carolina Breeze was suggesting and drink the Champange Doc1 was talking about. You'll never be confident again and the catfish can smell that lack of confidence.emoSmile

 

[Buoy-Master]

Hope she floats and says that way Eric. Good Luck!

 

[SpurHunter]

Well, I hope it all works out, but ifn it dont that GPS coordinate will be the most valuable catfish habitat there is! All those cats will flock to it like the Pied Piper...well...seein how they've ALL had a ride or two in her already

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[bassnbug]

goodluck, i hope she floats

 

[polo-dog]

You know that this really might be what that boat needed. A really good through and through washing so that those with the sensitive noses can fish in the boat and not get fumigated out by the shad guts smell. I sure hope that it works out for you Eric!

 

[SpurHunter]

polo-dog - 5/12/2008 10:21 PM You know that this really might be what that boat needed. A really good through and through washing so that those with the sensitive noses can fish in the boat and not get fumigated out by the shad guts smell. I sure hope that it works out for you Eric!

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I am guessing this didn't do a <u>THING</u> for the wretched smell.....

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[Fish Hunter]

Good luck today!emoCool