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Wen't to V-bay Sat morning.............Wife, a friend, and I....The winds were HORRIBLE!!!! Which is kinda what I was lookin for....Boat handled the waves great!! A rather wet ride, but is was welcomed B/C of the heat. Waves were real big in the pass, but she took what the gulf threw at her!! Found lots of little white trout........But we weren't really there to fish. Wanted to put the boat through the paces........It did great!!!



NOW..........on to Sunday.......Got a couple buddies together and we headed out to fish..........soon as we got to the entrance of the pass(20 miles from launch), the motor started makin a funny noise, then slowed to a stop and of course.........died.........turn the key, and all I get is a "click"............Hmmmmmmm..........That's not good...........I says to myself......"Self...you is screwed!!!" After a few minutes, it turned over!! Then started!!! Not much power tho.........tried to get it on step, but couldn't and motor started makin funny noise again.............At this point it's 8a.m..................Told the guys.....well, crack a beer, it's gonna be a long ride home(good thing we had a case and a half)!! It took us 6hrs to idle in to the closest launch, which wasn't where I had put in(of course) bummed a ride to the truck, got boat hooked up and went on home...............It was an interesting ride back in w/ the crew boats passing and those HUGE wakes coming from 2 dirrections at once!! Specially when your at "no wake" speed and not out of the water!!!