Tournament Motor Problem Update

[Lake Chuck Duck]

For those who were there yesterday know that I limped back to the dock with some motor problems. Ran fine all day then 30 minutes before weigh in at last stop in lng, motor was real hard to put in neutral and wouldn't run well out of idle. Was shaking real bad and wouldn't get going when throttled up. Everyone at Cal Point could smell the gas when I pulled up.

Well today I hooked up the scuppers to flush the engine since I didn't have time yesterday. About 10 seconds after cranking up, gas started pouring out the cowling. I took off the cover and didn't see anything. Started up again and saw gas spewing from a gas line. It appears that a moving part had rubbed a nasty gash in a fuel line. I will replace the line and put some sort of reinforcement around it. I hope this is all the fix I need.