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    Took the grandson camping

    I sold the 032 off my boat so I decided to make a trip to camp since I'll be out of commission for a while. Just for the heck of it I decided to experiment with the engine shims a bit more. I decide to go the opposite direction with the shims. The front was lifting so I had the front of the engine shimmed to put the front down. It seems that I had it pushing down to hard on the front. Once I freed up the front end the 032 worked pretty well on the heavy hull. It pushed my grandson and I around pretty well.

    Any way, I made a fire the first night and made him some marshmallows and then we got up early the next morning for some fishing. He caught the first one, a catfish, ok on my bass rod with 5lb test line. He had another one on but it broke the line. On the third one I coached him in holding the rod and when to let the fish run and when to reel. At 6 yrs old he did great although his arms go a little tired. He asked me a few times to help but I egged him on and he caught both on his own. He was one happy camper. I even let him run the boat a little while just idling.

    I'm off to the garage to start pulling the motor, the guy is picking it up on Monday.
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    Re: Took the grandson camping

    Hey Papee, Now that is quality time with your grandson. He will never forget
    it. Good looking catfish too.
    I'm sorry I haven't shipped your engine. It will go out tomorrow on Fedex or
    R&L Carriers. Maybe it want take you too long to get it mounted and running.
    You've got to get your grandson back on the water. Thanks for waiting on
    me. Chuck

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    Re: Took the grandson camping

    He told me I'm the best pappy ever, I was just thinking about how many of our young people now days get to do these simple things. No problem Chuck, when ever you get the time.
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