That looks real pretty Red, nice job on the carpet fella.
Wife and I took the boat out yesterday - got up early, wife not feeling too well, but still wanted to go. Got 3/4 of the way to the lake, and then I remember I haven't cleaned the lower unit from where the guy showed us the engine works _ lower units have to be dry to prevent quagga mussels etc being transferred. We find the nearest walmart, grab some compressed air etc to blow through there. I drop the engine as low as I can get it, and sorted that out.
We get to the lake, launch was easy, though we found out neither my wife or I can back up a trailer for anything - good thing the launch ramp wasn't busy. Get on the lake, we're there 10 mins, and I need to drive the wife to the ramp to use the restrooms. Get that done, and we're finally fishing (and bickering like 6 year olds). Going across an area named the tyres (Lake Perris in CA), the water is a lot lower, usually you cant see them, yesterday, I was floating over them with about 4ft of water under the hull. I finally get a bite, on a square bill crank, and just as I swing it into the boat, it sheds the hook, bounced off the carpet and went back into the lake. That counts right, I look at the wife, and she's laughing hysterically. Nope, dont count. We caught a couple of small bass, to officially beat the skunk, but I wanted the first one to stay around, as it looked big - but never got to weigh it.
Recovering the boat went much better than anticipated - only took to runs to get it just right. Ended the day around 4pm, sunburnt, tired, but happy. Boat is constrained to 5k maximum revs' for burn in - lost my bottle at 4k, as we hit 35 mph.
Wurz