Toy Boat 2 Vessel Log

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Ouch! This is what
happens when you
back out with the
motor down...Worse
than the first
ding in a new car

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1 2 3 4 5 ... Date Notes 07/12/07 : 23:39:17 After a week of hot fishing reports for tuna at the 182 fathom spot, we went out with Capt. Scott on TB2. Scott had been successfully guiding people to the tuna all week, but of course, did not fish himself. We were both expecting great things, but the combination of an unexpected wind front and heavy boat traffic shut down the fishing for pretty much the entire fleet. We eventually ran inshore and did some fishing for kelp bass, where Scott managed to land a  4lber, and we managed one around 2lb. We've decided to convert TB2 over to XD-100 oil, so we were running the tank down as far as we could. It was pretty bumpy all day, and we did get several "Low Oil" alarms, but these were clearly real low oil alarms. TB2 started without a hitch again. We've come to the conclusion that it might be tied to using an AGM Deep Cycle Battery to start the motor, so we'll try paralleling-in the "House B" battery when the engine is cold. Of course, the engine ran flawlessly after it started. Mileage for the day was around 3.5 mpg, but this is because we spent almost the entire day at 7 - 8 knots trolling, which is the most fuel-inefficient speed for the boat. 06/18/07 : 00:12:45 We went on another yellowtail and tuna prospecting run with Captain Scott. We covered about 140 miles, with only some fun run-and-gun bonito fishing to show for it. TB2 ran well, but was a little hard cranking when cold. Hope this is not a sign of things to come! Other than that, the engine ran fine. This trip was rougher than earlier trips, and there were no false low oil alarms. The Goodyear Marathhons ran fine, hadn't noticed this, but they balanced the tires on the trailer. 05/20/07 : 00:18:39 We wound up replacing the old Carlisle tires on our trailer with Goodyear Marathon radial tires. We took the remaining good Carlisle tire and are using it as a spare. 05/18/07 : 01:21:41 We made another trip with Capt. Scott as a passenger (busman's holiday). TB2 worked well. Just had to crank a bit when cold and starting for the first time, but this could be due to the engine not having fuel in the system. The engine ran flawlessly after it started once, averaged 4 MPG. Fishing was slow for yellowtail. We covered the Coronados and offshore to the 425 bank, and encountered large schools of small bonito (2lbs or so) offshore. A lot of fun on light tackle! Our drive home turned into a bit of a grind - we were caught in rush hour traffic, when a good samaritan pulled up next to us and informed us that our right trailer tire had a huge bulge in it. We managed to pull off and got the tire changed without any excitement. Time for a trip to the tire store! 04/04/07 : 20:59:32 After some work with the multi-meter and jumper cables, we appear to have pinned down the hard starting problem. It wasn't the engine at all - it was, believe it or not, the battery switches. If we bypassed the switches entirely, the engine would start without a hitch. 1 2 3 4 5 ...