Outboard Servicing and Lingcod
October 30th and 31st (Wednesday and Thursday) For the last month or so we have been keeping our eyes out for a good location to do a service on our outboard. Although it would be possible to do it from the swim grid while the outboard is hanging on our back railing, which is where it rides when we are underway, the risk of dropping something into the water made us want to find a spot where we could do it on shore. When had gone ashore the other day we found the perfect tree. It had fallen out onto the shore and was propped up by its larger branches. It was thick and sturdy enough to hold our outboard. Our only problem was going to be the tide. Because we were still having large tides around the new moon, the high tide during the day put the tree under water, so we would have to be ready to get the motor done before the tide came in. We headed ashore on Wednesday to get ready. We took our chain saw, and Jason used it to create an outboard stand in the tree so that it would be at...