im hosed. ;) i better figure out why only 2 out of my 4 muffler baffles close before then!

I would have to agree with that. I have been stopped several times over the years and more often than not, the WP are rude and arrogant. They try to lecture me about whatever they stopped me for and then send me on my way. I will say that I have been stopped by some WP officers who acted professional and were friendly and didn't try to talk down to you.

I was only 3db over and that was with no mufflers. I guarantee am much louder now with the AT and have not been stopped for it.

PC is about the 3-4mm of the Grand Glaize.

Perhaps it was immediate proximity to YOU that had something to do with my problems? :lolhit: Found out the cable was bad initially immediately after you left PB2, now I find out you were right there at F & L's when I fixed it the second time...?

Naahh...couldn't be...didn't have any more problems on that run past Paradise...

The red boat is hard to miss, I guess! That must be why it felt like someone was aiming at me every time I was underway this weekend! :coolcowboy:

Face it, in the eyes of the wp etc, go fast boaters are loud, half drunk and drive recklessly. A reputation built on unmuffled boats, flipping boats or running into things and excessive speed etc. Couple that with the need for many localities to generate revenue thru fines and instant easy target.

Which is PLENTY ironic considering the amount of idiocy I witnessed this weekend courtesy of "other" boaters.

Like the 25-30 foot cruisers running WOT with people ON THE BOW in 3-4 footers...or the 50+ foot cruisers throwing 6 foot wakes down the center of the channel with their RADAR going???? WTF is that about? Having trouble navigating there, Captain Cook?

Made me laugh there. I love the dudes running their radar in the daylight. As for as the bowriding, I wouldn't let a 40 year old on the bow of my boat in calm water while under way, let alone 10 year olds. I can't for the life of me understand why that's legal.

I think you can google LOTO and there is a checklist believe it or not, called do's and don'ts or something like that with a list of all things to have your ducks in a row. Including not sitting on sunpad, stereo noise, jacket access, horns, age req for lic, etc. I think someone had a bad experience and put a pretty informative list together. Enjoy.

Sorry to hear about all of the troubles while down at the lake...ours were minor compared to what you guy's had.... we just had an IAC valve go out on the wife's little cruiser and had to idle from Dog Days back home to the 4mm.... Steve from Advanced Marine had it fixed the next morning and we went back out on Monday....

My boat wasn't quite finished by Memorial Day but that's a story for another day....I would have waved if we saw you but I was probably busy doing my duties as "Cabana Boy" for the wife...LOL....Its my number one job when she's in charge...

Fortunately we were able to pull mine back from Eddie Young's shop down in Nashville last weekend and once he finishes up the tuning next week we'll be back on the water...