maiden voyage

[ocuyler]

Rocdoc.

I have that same boat. You'll probably find that the water is coming in via a thru-hull fitting. I suggest you remove and re-bed each of them. I'm not fond of I/O's, but that will be your second thing to check.

Once you have eliminated the source of the water, you may realize that trim tab are not required. But, of course, nice to have.

Be sure to drain the motor jackets and poke the holes when you remove the plugs. Sometimes, rust chips get stuck in there and prevent the water from draining. Once you've done that, I like to use the winterizing kit available from BoatUS where you fill a large plastic container and hook your "ear muffs" to the water intake and run the motor until she discharges pink anti-freeze. Personally, I do not recommend removing hoses or thermostat as the aforementioned preceedure flushes the block and displaces water.

I also highly reccomend using Sta-Bil in the gas and running it long enough to get it into the carb.

Finally, the very last thing is to "fog" the motor through the carborator. I really think that's it's important to spray in allot and then stall it out with the spray. Change the plugs in the spring... [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]