RE: Anyone know what this is? Ice boat?
The snow was powder and that could be some of the problem. The curve on the front of the ski only lips up about an inch so it probably needs more lip. It was trying to dig in and the engine didnt have enough power to plow thru it.
You are absolutely right about the engine not wanting to start in the cold. My arm is killing me today flipping it over since my starter battery was dead and the charger dont work. I started out with an 11-4 or 11-5 on it. I went to change the prop and cracked the prop driver so I have to order one. Hopefully if I fix the skis the engine will have enough power to push it. It will be a lot of hacking to change to a bigger engine. Time is running out for this winter and soon I will have to get back to my planes.