[Windrider]

Sorry its been so long without an update! As is usual when dealing with government grants, we've experienced yet more delays due to funding. So this SeaCraft has still not been launched! I swear, it feels like our ETec warranty is going to expire before this thing ever gets used!

So... I have one big complaint already about the ETec. One of the selling points of the ETec was the awesome 5 year warranty. Well, our submitted warranty came back flagged by Evinrude's bean counters. Apparently, the 5 year warranty is only for "recreational" use. No matter that the outboard is registered to the "Sports and Recreation Dept." at Cal State Long Beach; it is a State university and we only get the "governmental use" warranty - 2 years. So they consider that we will be using this outboard on par with the Lifeguard, Coast Guard, and Police boats. Sheesh.