well, managed to drop her in the water on Sunday. Did not make it much past the boat ramp, however. The hydraulic steering decided to leak once I started to turn it under a load. Before too long, no helm control at all!
Luckily, the Live Bait guy saw me and gave me a tow back to the ramp so I did not have to sit around waiting for Sea Tow.
Also, discovered that the carbs need a rebuild as there was no power under a load at all - wold not go over 1500 rpm. Guess I will be busy with that stuff this week. Shooting for a second effort on Friday or Saturday