Jon's Preventative Maintenance:

Jon came over recently to winterize his boat. As you may recall, Matthew, my brother, and I spent countless hours counseling Jon on the proper boat to buy.  Fortunately, he made the right decision.  However, he seemed to forget that boat's don't repair themselves and you need to do at least some maintenance.

What is even more frightening is that his boat is right next to his house, so it's not like he has to travel very far to make the repairs.  

Matt and I were so disgusted that we were forced to document the problems in hope that this will shame Jon into the repair.

For God's sake, Jon, will you do at least some preventative maintenance.  

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Jon, in case you haven't realized this, the prop is what makes the boat move. So, if your prop has a bend on it, it just may impact the performance.  Of course, you can get out your Craftsman tool kit and Clymer repair manual and perform all kinds of modifications, but that isn't gonna make a bit of difference until you get this prop fixed !

 

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Well, this makes for a save driving adventure.

  I am sure this meets all Illinois driving regulations.

 

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What the hell is this ? 

A wire holding the boat on.  Jon, this is a 4000 boat.

  What is this,  electrical wire - I hope it is 20 gage or better.

 What is next, kite string ?

 

 

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Bungy Cord - at least you could have followed your brother Mike's solution and used Wisconsin Chrome (aka  Duck Tape) to make this work.

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I know you were busy when you wired up the trailer, but skimping on a few wiring nuts has just gone to far !