The lotto life

As if we are not having enough fun, the 3 crews, prompted by the Bloke, agreed to share in a lotto ticket. Our syndicate is named after our skippers: B1, B2 and B4. Success has come early with a modest win of something like $20 or $30 Whoopidee Dooo! We are banking on some further good fortune to fund additional enhancements to our dinghy outboard. We like to think of them as enhancements rather than repairs because that is what we believed we had paid for when we had the outboard motor serviced before we departed Mandurah. It was on the Big List and ticked off. Mr Happy was meant to check it over, service and fix as required. Doh!
Today the Bloke and B4 (Steve) took the motor to shore and then to pieces. The last problem was to do with no power and was the fault of a worn bush.  A new prop assembly that included the new bush, sorted that issue out but why did the motor so often run for 30 secs or a minute and then conk out? All air vents open, fuel definitely available. Worse, was that this did not happen all the time but always at the worst time.  Like the lucky lotto ticket a resolution and conquest presented - the ol' fuel jet blockage. Sigh. Parts to be ordered. Tick another box - it will be for the larger bank withdrawal thanks.

The Bloke (r) and B4 drive by to announce success with a Smile and Waive