Brad,

A friend told me you were out this afternoon and said the boat sounded good and had a nice roost!

I was out most of the day, it was a great day to be on the water!

Frank

Hey everyone,

Well we finally got her in the water! All in all we had a great first day out, my first time at the wheel of a 41 and all I can say is this thing is a beast. Wet launched and ran back to the slip, tested out the hydro lift and then chased a few carb gremlins due to the crappy E 10 fuel. Took an afternoon run and anchored out for awhile. Havent pushed it yet never went over 4500 RPM's, but it feels and sounds great. Looking forward to the summer. If anyone is boating in the area stop by and see us, were in Tomes Landing Yacht Club Marina, you cant miss the boat.

Quick little video of us running, will have to get a better one. Not sure how fast we were going, the battery in the GPS speedo is dead and we will have to dismantle half the dash to get it out, wasnt a prioroty right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY5AUMcJZ4M

Brad

Hey Frank!

We were anchored out at Sand Island when you went by both times, you should have stopped in. Your boat looked and sounded good. GR does throw quite a tail, every time I looked back I just giggled a little. It was a pretty day. Not sure if we are going out today, maybe for a quick run, my to do list at home is piling up because I have been Apache obsessed all last week trying to get ready.

Hope to see you out there this summer.

Brad

Hey Ike,

Yea I talked to Anchor about rack space, they were full and had a waiting list, hard to believe. Their ramp is a good one, and for $10 its a deal, but I didnt really want to put in so far from home if we had trouble. I never had the boat in the water before, and it has not seen water in years. Also naturally we werent ready until one of the bussiest boating weekends of the year so I didnt want to tie up that ramp. We will be over there often as that is the only place up this way for 93 on the water.

We used the ramp at Perryville and it worked out well. Hope to see you out there this summer.

Thanks,

Brad

Cool, I had no idea you guys were there or I would have! We'll definitely have to get together over the summer!

Schaefer's opened up last weekend, they have 93 octane also.

Another succesful day out on the water in Ghost Runner, had a nice little chop today, hard to believe how much better this boat rides than our old Scarab. No issues so far, I guess its time to start leaning on it a little bit the next time out. Pleasure boating in a 6 pack boat can be done, smaller coolers and be prepared to climb around a bit, all part of the experience. Sucked the first set of tanks dry, trying to figure out how far we can run on a certian amount of fuel.

Time to start cleaning and detailing at this thing, we have been so busy crawling over the mechanicals, we havent had much time for polish. Probably take half a day to clay bar and wax the bow!

Brad

I love seeing posts like that. Enjoy that boat and I hope you have a great summer!

Hey brad we seen you today in front of port. We leave our boat in tomes. I've admired your boat every time I'm down there. It looked great out there.

congrats, cant wait to see it!

Call your parts guy for an antenna that doesnt use a battery and leave the old on where its at...special deal for you. I forgot you bought this boat through Mark.

Special deal on antenna, just email me!

Congrats on the boat and getting her wet!


Kirk