I had promised that we'd go to the lake today - last Sunday when it got to late to go. So there was no getting out of it today.
It was nice to be able to keep that promise, even knowing that the boat didn't seem to be running just right after starting it in the backyard first. But after a little time and attitude adjustment on my part - we all seemed to think it was a good time.
We're going to try one more time to find an honest shop to take a look at the motor. It felt like it needed to be cleaned out; it wouldn't rev fully and take full throttle ... not to good for towing a extra large 3 person tube. We manager to get out just past the mouth of the harbor before we knew the boat wasn't going to run anymore. The kids were already on the tube, so we just put out our anchor and floated there. It was kind of nice. We had paddles stowed in the front - as I know that any time the boat is in the water I have to be prepared to paddle. (Such is the life of owning a 30+ yr old boat and motor!)
The kids all swam; even with wet suits it was cold; 64.1 F was the water temp.When we headed in, everyone got a chance to 'contribute' to powering us in via a turn with a paddle. And we even got a tow from a sail boat! :-)
My Dad owns an old Triumph motor cycle and he has told me on more than one occasion that he wouldn't ride it further than he wanted to push it home. So to it is with our boat: don't go out further than you want to paddle back!
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