Old boats are beautiful, but they require a fair amount of work. If you don’t have mechanical skills or the patience to tinker until things are right, you’ll likely end up spending a lot of money on repairs. I’m frugal, so I try to do as much as I can myself—whether it’s working on cars or boats. There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of bringing something back to life that wasn’t working, or fixing up something inexpensive and making it run like new.
In this case, I was working on my boat, which hadn’t been running well and wouldn’t start for a while. I checked all the cables, cleaned the connections, tested various components with a voltmeter, ensured it is getting fuel, inspected the fuses, and changed the oil and filter. This time, it started right up. A little love seems to have gone a long way. There is a big difference between a boat with a working inboard engine and one that doesn't have a working inboard engine.
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