Wow....

Well today no prop strikes but I was running the repaired spare and could swear I felt mild vibration. Don’t know if I am hyper-sensitive or if the repair is just maybe not quite perfect. I have to drop of my damaged prop Monday so I’ll ask them if they want me to bring this one as well to double check the balance. I’m hoping the shaft isn’t tweaked or something.

Toward the end of the night I was letting the kids each have one last 5 minute turn before we were going to load up and the boat just died in the middle of the lake, like I turned the key off. Then the ignition switch was dead. Turn it to accessory...nothing, turn it to run...nothing. Cycled the battery switch, still nothing. Everything else worked...lights, horn, blower....everything except the ignition switch. We were the last boat on the water, not even a jet ski to be seen. I messed around with everything I could think of for 45 min and by this time it’s dark. I ended up calling a coworker that lives 30 minutes away and he said he would bring his boat out and come pull me in. I couldn’t see anything in the dark and had done everything I could think of so I started packing up and getting ready for the tow. Put boards away, folded up the Bimini and the wife and I played “telephone “ with the kids to pass the time.

After 30 min or so, I tried the key again and it fired up! I idled to the ramp in the dark, called my buddy who by this time was about to pull into the boat launch to let him know and he said he would hang out and wait.

Made it to the ramp, didn’t shut it off...got it loaded on the trailer and turned it off. To see if the problem was still there I cycled the key and nothing.

My guess is, bad ignition switch but regardless, calling my sales guy in the morning to beg him to pull any strings he can with service to get me in Monday. We’re taking this thing on vacation for a week soon!

When I got it put away at home I cycled the key and everything works. Obviously I didn’t try to start it out of the water but now I’m baffled. Intermittent problems are the worst!

What a crappy weekend