Posted by The Picaroons
at 10:03 PM on July 14, 2009
Byline: Pip
Well. I said in an earlier post that we wanted a reliable outboard, not some old junker that Pip had take apart and rebuild in his cellar workshop before it would work, because that would be stupid and it would probably end up leaving us derelict on a sandbar somewhere with smoke pouring out because Pip doesn't know his arse from a torque wrench.
Apparently I was wrong (I am Pip, by the way; don't let the whole literary shift to third person confuse you). What I actually wanted was some old junker that I had to take apart and rebuild in my workshop before it would work. Who knew?
Anyway. It's now suspended off the transom of the Picaroon waiting for a test drive before I actually fork over the 150 bucks or so to become it's proudish new owner. I thoroughly expect it to have snapped off and fallen into the dock by the weekend.