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OOPS!!!! Did that REALLY Happen???
We can thank auxiliary member Rich, of Narrow Path for giving us the idea for this section......
The Dealer TOLD me to rinse it after every use!!
I sailed up to see my buddy BJ and was going to anchor
out for the night, but we decided to do some boat work first. BJ hauled me up
the stick to replace my rigging, then we took off his last teak hand rail and
epoxied the holes, then I dove and replace the zincs on both boats. After all
that I cooked dinner for 7 of us so I decided not to anchor out for the night
because I was beat! My Dink was tied fore and aft to the dock and then it
started to blow around 12 pm. The sustained winds were blowing 50 knots
gusting higher. Needless to say, my dink flipped at around 3 in the morning. I
came out to see my Yamaha looking like a pickle under my dink under the clear
saltwater! I left it til morning and then borrowed a trash can and filled it
with fresh water and let it soak all day. We took it up to BJ's house, removed
the plugs and blew out all the water. We then sprayed oil into the tops of the
cylinders and blew it out. After all that, we put the plugs back in and fired
it up. We ran it for about an hour and a half. The next day I ran it for a
couple of hours and the same the next day. She works great! I love 2 stroke
Yamaha's! So there you go!!
(PS- thanks again BJ and Paul for all your help!!!)
---Rich/Narrow Path
And another one from Rich...only this time it wasn't HIS oops!
Thought you would love this
picture! I am anchored out in Liberty Bay and was heading out to my boat in
my Zodiac when these guys waved me over. Wasn't sure if they thought I was
doing something wrong and wanted to talk to me, then I noticed it said
San Francisco Fire Department on the hul
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so my curiosity was peaked. I zipped over only to find out they were tied to
the Wood poles and OUT OF GAS!!! One of there comments was, "I know
the gauges work because it says we are out of fuel...and we are! I went
ahead and "tugged" them over to the fuel dock, but couldn't help having a
man on the dock snap a few pic's on my camera that I just happened to have
with me!!! What a scream!
-------Fair winds to you and check your fuel levels!!! HA! HA! HA! Rich
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so my curiosity was peaked. I zipped over only to find out they were tied to
the Wood poles and OUT OF GAS!!! One of there comments was, "I know
the gauges work because it says we are out of fuel...and we are! I went
ahead and "tugged" them over to the fuel dock, but couldn't help having a
man on the dock snap a few pic's on my camera that I just happened to have
with me!!! What a scream!-------Fair winds to you and check your fuel levels!!! HA! HA! HA! Rich