I mysteriously had a pilot jet clog the other day although fuel was tested no-ethanol, had Stabil in it anyway, and was only four months old. A whiteish material. Oddly the fuel bowl was perfectly clean. (This was on a motorcycle).
You were lucky on the sticker. Here you’d get some kind of habitual offender citation as though you’d be using the craft all along. Have to fight it in court.
Might have helped that he did a life jacket check on my other boat a few days back.
This boat was a ebay buy. 300 bucks. 70 HP rude on the back. some fiddling with the carbs and some new plywood for the floor and the old Chrysler will be ship shape in time for spring.
I like to buy boats in the fall. My wife hates it but.. I’ll sell um as soon as the ice melts. Boat season starts when the ice is gone and if it’s not sold by the 4th I’ll be stuck with it till spring.
I just bought a 1978 19ft with a chev 350/merc IO unit. Final bid, 60 bucks.
Nice looking boat too. I might just launch that with expired stickers too. Depends on how much I want to test my luck.