More maintenance

I’ve been including different maintenance items that that have to be done around the boat on the blog. I hope that it gives you a feel for what life is really like on board a boat. Some things are routine and some are a bit unusual. Today, I had to repair the outboard engine, twice, before I got it to run properly. We picked up some bad gas, or maybe I got some rain water into the tank. Either way, the engine wouldn’t idle properly. I ended up having to remove the carburetor and cleaning out the tiny idle circuit jets. It’s times like this that I’m glad I bought a 2.5 HP motor that weights only 30 lbs and not a 10 HP that would take two guys to haul on board.