CrankB8
05-20-2016, 10:23 AM
I couldn't find a formal thread for newbies, just wanted to introduce myself. I've read a lot of threads on here for a while and decided it was time for me to join. I am a boat-a-holic, and for a hobby, have been trading, buying, and selling boats for over 20 years, and have also started a home business of minor boat repair from home, and have been doing this for about 10 years. It's stressful sometimes, but it can also be a great challenge. I have owned new bass boats and wake board boats, but my passion is the older rockets. I have recently acquired through trading on labor, a barn fresh 1985 Laser. It is not the tunnel hull, but still in great condition. I did have to repair the transom, and replace ALL the wiring (I found the dead rat in the gunwale that chewed all the wiring. He had been dead at least 5 years.). The boat had no motor and I had a Rude 120 laying around and really didn't want to use it. Long story short....sold the motor and got a L-uva deal in a Rude Intruder 150 in great condition. I have added a 6 inch manual jack plate, double nonVRO pump to the engine, and have all gauges and switches working. I'm confident I have the engine to pan height pretty close to where I should be before tweaking. The motor came with a Raker 22P, but I horse traded some old Rude parts around and also have now a Raker 26P. I'm stoked about getting her out and running her, and can't wait to post some results. I hope I can be of some help to people here as much as others here of whom I have researched some info on this Laser to get going with it. Hey, it's great to finally be on here and look forward to chewin with everybody.:cool: