Dopey Mates Boat Sunk.

[Davemmm]

A boofheaded mate of mine had his (glass) boat on the water on Saturday and after getting a whole 100m from the ramp it sank. Apparently it went down about three seconds after they noticed water on the floor.

We intend to get it back up this week sometime with the help of a scuba diver.

Q. Once it is up what should be the process of getting the outboard fixed?

Cheeers

Dave

[a boat]

Hi Dave, as soon as it is in the air it needs to be looked at. Remove plugs and get water out of combustion chamber by cranking the engine over without plugs installed. Replace plugs and check you have spark on each cylinder. Drain the carbys, I imagine it is just a basic carby 2-Stroke, and fuel system and run off a portable tank with extra oil. It will need to be run for a good couple of hours with extra oil and then that should prevent any damage to the crank , bearings and con rods and then you will need to clean and inspect the ignition system and boat wiring to make it reliable in the long term.

It happens all the time with commuters boats that we deal with and if you get at it straight away and do what I suggest it will be fine. if you leave it even for a day in the air it will be seized or at least damage done to expensive internals.

Cheers,

Huey.