Who's going?

[PARADOX]

I try to get there.

Anyone else?

West Coast Powerboat Club launch Party

Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Hula Bay
Street: 5210 W. Tyson Avenue
City/Town: Tampa, FL

Come see what the West Coast Powerboat Club is all about! This is a FREE event!Mingle, HAVE FUN, and enjoy all that Hula Bay has to offer!!!

FOR THOSE COMING BY BOAT: Meet in the Vinoy Basin...the convoy will be lead by Statement! Powerboat and will head across Tampa Bay at 3:30pm. DON'T BE LATE!

www.WestCoastPowerboatClub.com

 

[SKATIN]

ill be there by land tomorrow after work!

 

[florida gator]

Getting ready to leave for the Pier to watch the boats take off. Not sure if I will make it across to the party. Too much work the next couple weeks. Coincidentally it slowws way down the night before first Friday and I believe there is an event that weekend. It WILL be party time that weekend.

 

[PARADOX]

Boats, computers.. are like woman.

Damn these boats.. Ready to go at the docks. Trimmed up the drive, in the water we go, start motors. NOTHING... as soon as I hit the ignition, I hear a small chirp under the dash and nothing. No trim, no outdrive trim. no ignition, fraking nothing, Gauges, ok Stereo OK. lights ok. nothng mechanical working. After 4 hours of playing and trying to get it going. Nothing. OK. go back home. Covering the boat up, tried the trim. Tha damn thing works. motors turn over. everything OK>
WTF??//
Some relay or celenoid chit.
I hate these elcetrical bugs.

And of course I missed lunch.

GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRrrr

 

[florida gator]

I only saw 1 boat in or near the basin. A Fountain. My daughter took some pics of it but nobody else. Hopefully the party had a great turnout.

 

[PARADOX]

The Statement boat planned to be there. Don't know what happened. Didn't get there.

 

[florida gator]

I assumed this boat was going. Pulled in to the basin a little before 3. Hung out for nearly an hour then headed south.

 

[SKATIN]

There was a good amount of people but almost no fast boats. There were a couple big CC's

 

[Sean Stinson]

Damn these boats.. Ready to go at the docks. Trimmed up the drive, in the water we go, start motors. NOTHING... as soon as I hit the ignition, I hear a small chirp under the dash and nothing. No trim, no outdrive trim. no ignition, fraking nothing, Gauges, ok Stereo OK. lights ok. nothng mechanical working. After 4 hours of playing and trying to get it going. Nothing. OK. go back home. Covering the boat up, tried the trim. Tha damn thing works. motors turn over. everything OK>
WTF??//
Some relay or celenoid chit.
I hate these elcetrical bugs.

And of course I missed lunch.

GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRrrr

Peter sounds like you may have a loose connection pull the plugs apart and and reconnect and put some of the electrical grease on the plugs!!!!

 

[PARADOX]

THanks

I pulled a doz plugs apart. fuses. relays.. nothing worked. Once we got home. Everything worked.
Took it out yesterday, everything worked fine. Sort of. At least the electricals. I don't want to talk about hitting something. (lobster trap I think) now I got a shared off skeg, and port header heating up melting rubber hoses.

GGGRRRRRRRRRRrrrrr

Some days, I should just sleep it away and never, and don't even get out of bed. Expensive day for sure.

 

[cigdaze]

Sorry to hear that, Peter?

How was the water down there? It was pretty rough up here. We went out both days, and it was pretty snotty Sunday. Fun water.

 

[PARADOX]

Pretty nice ride down to Clearwater. A few good size swales from the wind, but nothing bad. Everything was fine and nice, untill I smelled some rubber burning smell when I get to Clearwater. I realized that the Port header, port motor was not getting enough water and got hot. Engine temp was ok.
I saw that I hit something when I pulled the boat out. Shared half the keg right off. Pretty devistaing day. But the seas were nice.

 

[Sean Stinson]

THanks

I pulled a doz plugs apart. fuses. relays.. nothing worked. Once we got home. Everything worked.
Took it out yesterday, everything worked fine. Sort of. At least the electricals. I don't want to talk about hitting something. (lobster trap I think) now I got a shared off skeg, and port header heating up melting rubber hoses.

GGGRRRRRRRRRRrrrrr

Some days, I should just sleep it away and never, and don't even get out of bed. Expensive day for sure.

Sorry Peter I should have been more specific it was probably the main engine harness as pretty much everything works through that.....

 

[PARADOX]

Thanks Sean, but I'm confused.
Twin motors. So pretty much two of everything. Yet, when I had the problem, nothing worked on either system. I would thing if one harness has some problem, the other side should be ok. What's common to both ignition system?. Battery switch ? I have no clue, but it's working now. It's one of those elecric Gremlins. :ack2: