20' Seafari: The Resurrection

[Dogbomb]

Time to break out the champagne...almost.

Dragged the old girl over to my favorite gas station and filled up
that nice, clean tank. This station is usually empty, but not yesterday;
it was crawling with cars and I did an excellent job of clogging up the
traffic flow. Still, 3 separate people complimented on the boat and wanted
to know more about her. That was cool!

I had never tested the trailer since replacing the bearings, seals, springs and
u-bolts, so I took a freeway cruise up and down the 405. She towed true
and nothing exploded. Hooray.

Now she runs off her own tank, and that Suzuki just purrs.
Adjusted the throttle and shift cables, bled the steering for the second time,
and suddenly realized that she could, in theory, be ready for her water test
on schedule. Never thought I'd get here!

Still have a million details to address before I splash her, but I'm
optimistic. Thanks to y'all for getting me to this point!