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Welcome to CSC Darlene. I travel to your neck of the woods at least once a year on business. Where in St. Croix will you boat?
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I'm primarily a diver, not a fisherperson, so most trips will be close to shore to search for some cool dive sites that the regular dive operators don't go to, or to go to sites that they do, but keep you on a recreational level time frame which doesn't work for me. When the weather is nice, it's a 40 mile run to St Thomas / St John and there's some nice wrecks over there I'd like to dive.
The plan is to keep it on the trailer at the house here, and be able to launch at whatever ramp is closest to where I plan to explore.
I was over looking at it again this afternoon, and put a battery charger on the batteries (it's been sitting for maybe 4 to 6 months) and checked out the motor. It started right up and sounded very smooth with a nice clean idle. You could feel the temp change in the water coming out the pisser as the thermostats function. It needs a little work on the console instruments wiring, but that's no problem.
The boat itself felt a tad soft underfoot in a few areas of the floor. Maybe in a year or two, if we don't go to something bigger, I'll redo the floor. Trying to flex the transom by hanging on the tilted up motor revealed it to be very solid.
Probably do a sea trial next weekend and make a final decision then, based on how it goes, and how much negotiation skill I have.
Darlene