First Time Back on the Water | Fixing our Outboard Engine Problems

Spring is upon us…or so we thought! We finally got our dinghy back in the water, but our plans were spoiled by some unexpected winter-type-weather so we had to delay our first trip on the water for a week. We were also having some problems with the outboard but some fuel-saver (Sea Foam) did the trick!

Once the sun finally came back out we got the outboard engine tuned up and took our first trip out on the water of the season (hopefully the first of many more trips to come, both in the big boat and the dinghy)!

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0:00 – In this episode
0:22 – False spring hope
2:48 – Reviving a sad dinghy
4:58 – Equipment check
7:21 – Inflate
8:18 – Protect
11:01 – Lunch break
13:54 – Let’s try this again
17:11 – Engine problems (won’t start)
20:53 – Van problems
22:35 – Spring who?
23:46 – We got it running!
26:46 – Sunset cruise