I think I can measure my cables in a day or two – it rained here today and that took a lot of snow away so I can get a vehicle up to the garage it’s in now. I’ll see what I can do. I’m in Minnesota too, so I know about the drain plug thing.. You will likely have the battery or the gas tank in front of the drain plug. You may want to have a 2nd drain plug to show if you get asked and leave the plug in the boat. Of course, if the DNR is at the landing watching, you will have to pull it – then you want the gas tank on that side because it’s easier to pull out to get at the plug then pulling the battery with cables attached. You could also add an after-market plug to the bottom rear of the transom and pull it from the outside. I live on a lake, and the landing is close by, and semi-private so no DNR, so I don’t take my drainplug out…but then…I don’t take that boat to any other lakes, so I’m not spreading bad things from my lake to others. So far, all we’ve got here is a small patch of milfoil.
FYI: That Crestliner model is the same type Dad bought new in1958, so I’ve been runnin’ that model since I was 11 years old. He traded it in 1984, and I bought the one I have now in 2016. On Dad’s boat, we has a Mark 25 Merc, then a 1956 30 Johnson, then a 1960 40 Johnson and in 1965 put on a V4 – 60 Johnson. It’s rated for 60 HP, and was an awesome thrill to drive, but the weight of the V4 screwed up the handling some, so it was no longer a boat we could let just anybody drive. With the trim pin all the way up, and one person in the boat there was just enough speed for me to ski barefoot behind it. Best all around handling was with 40 HP, and I often pulled there teenage girls at the same time on skis behind it with the 40..
Below is a photo of Dad’s boat taken in 1968 with the V4 60HP on it. I’m in the water tending to my swamped hydroplane with a Champion 4LHD. My friend had come over in the modified Lone Star with the 25 Buccaneer.
I’ll try to get to those cable measurements tomorrow (Thursday).
Dave
[/url]Dave, I’ve seen that photo of your boat back in the “good old days” before,
and it’s great, and lots of good memories for you I’m sure.
I’ll measure tomorrow and we’ll compare notes when you get a chance to
measure yours, lol. Thanks.
Prepare to be boarded!