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June 23, 2012 Here is another video of the boat running on Carlyle Lake.  There is a little bit at the end of me doing some tubing. I did get up on water skis.  It took 4 tries but I finally made it. 

 June 3, 2012  Much Much better day to be out on the lake.  The winds were about 5 mph and the lake was calm.  We spent about 4 hours out there today and even had to get more gas.  Sally has an app on her phone that told us that we went about 47 miles around the lake.  From Boulder to Keysport to Carlyle.  We checked out the 2 silos and went looking for the lost island.  It was a very fun day!!

June 2, 2012 OGRT is now splashed.  There is a short video of the experience.  The winds were 10-15 with gusts up to 20 and the water was very choppy so we didn't stay out for very long.  Our first attempt at trying to splash the boat ended in failure.  There was a hole in the back of the deck that used to have a mechanism attached to it and I decided not to reinstall it.  Well water came rushing in and needless to say the bilge pump I installed works just fine.  So after a trip to Walmart for a plug we were able to get the boat out on the water.

May 27, 2012 The wiring is mostly complete (Thanks Jack!).  Now all of the lights are working and the bilge pump is wired to a switch on the dash.  Also the rats nest of wires has been cleaned up in the battery area! We are now getting down to the nitty gritty.  Just the final details of what needs to be done to get us out on a test drive. I spent Sunday and Monday working on the seats and seat boxes.  One of the boxes was in such bad shape that I decided to build a new one.  I also have decided to apply Red Guard to them before I staple the vinyl back on to them. TO DO List: -Finish Cubby hole cover and install -Finish Seats and install -Clean up the cut out above the Bilge, install Bilge pump and run hose -Get Tachometer wired -Take for a test drive!!!

May 25, 2012 I took this day off of work to work on the boat.  I wanted to get the deck ready to be Gel Coated which was ordered and received. First I gave the deck a good sanding.  It had been a while since we fiberglassed so I wanted to make sure that the surface was ready to receive the Gel Coat.  After I was finished with the sanding I moved the boat outside for a good cleaning.  Using an air compressor (Thanks Jack) I blew off the deck and then gave it a good acetone wash. That pretty much took up the entire day.  I had to wash the van because it got covered with dust.  Sorry no pictures of the progress today. May 26, 2012 The deck is now Gel Coated.  The four person team of Jack, Sally, Nina and myself worked for a long time again to get this job accomplished. We took the pigment for a gallon and added it directly to the container and then took turns shaking the can to thoroughly mix the color.  I believe that it looks great!...

May 19, 2012 Another 13 hour day is in the books on the boat.  The deck has been prepped and fiberglassed.  Here are some pictures of the progress. May 20, 2012  Lined up the seat boxes so that I can glue the cleats to the floor and then fiberglass them down.  The Battery Box is on the cleat that it will be mounted to. TO DO LIST: -Install cleats for the seat & battery boxes -Fiberglass those cleats down -Gel Coat the deck -Install Seats, Batteries & Gas Tanks -Take it out for a test run!!!!