110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
Ashantee | Friday, May 1, 2015
After working on another boat for most of the day, I decided to go ahead and test-run the engine, which the owner had requested just to ensure it was ready for commissioning and launching once the boat departed the shop.
I set up the engine with a bucket of water and a hose, and extended the intake hose to the raw water pump with an extension piece that I'd made up in the fall when I winterized the engine. Since the boat was in the shop, I prepared a bucket on top of some rolling staging, propped up high enough to collect the exhaust water from the outlet once the engine started. I figured that with a 5-gallon bucket of water inside, and an identical one outside, I shouldn't overflow anything during a brief test.
With the setup complete, I started the engine. It cranked and started immediately, and ran well, pumping water properly with the new impeller, as it should.
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Total Time Billed on This Job Today: .75
Hours
0600 Weather Report:
40°, mostly cloudy. Forecast for the day: Partly sunny, 58°
