B.O.U.R.Girl is looking really good on the lake today!

Pressure holds but the tire has been exposed to 10 years of UV and Wx and the sidewalls are therefore badly checked not to mention the outer tread is badly scalloped and down to the skin. no cord yet. on a motor vehicle i’d call it an underinflation problem combined with lack of rotation and hard cornering but on a live axel? spindle not true? maybe good for one more season of local use (just in case). i hope it doesn’t bite me < /tireupdate >

flat or a low profile tyre? I told Merchant’s that I wanted to order an H78x15 ST and he drew a blank. Must do the P-metric conversion for him first. Known slowleak and the anticipated season startup brought me out here to the boatyard. I pulled the wheel and brought it home. Maybe a can of sealant will cure. I aired it up in my garage and will monitor its health over the next few days.

It was pretty funny at the Carolina Boat Show. There’s this bright yellow hull (a California influence the salesman sez) made by Centurion. The guy says they’re made in Merced, CA —- only he pronounces it ‘ Mer-ked ‘ and I wanted to grin at this. You gotta love it when the sales guy knows his product!
The fully tricked out wakeboard boats with tuna tower and rad sound system (a la Air Nautique) were 40 grand !?! This has gotta be the premium range for a 20-21′ runabout. There’s no such thing as a cheap sport.
Or cheap date. You know those high powered 27 foot day cruisers where the skipper might be wearing his many gold chains on his hairy chest intent on dinning his girl friend below… A floating double bed. The champagne and glasses are in view as you tour the fantasy.
There were some (Catalina) 25 foot keeless sailboats with a mere fin to keep it trailerable. No lead ballast either. The saleslady tells me these use water for ballast. I guess they have the ability to lighten up for the trailer that way. It seems like a terrible way to try and make a boat all things to all people. So you’re going to trailer a boat that size — what about steping the mast? It must take several big helpers. I’ll bet they thought of that too. It’s probably the lightest weakest most diminuative rig in it’s class.

Sticker shock?