ORIGINAL: BarnacleNZ

wow looks liek there has been plenty of interest here! lol About the swimming, i dont see a problm with swimming. If i was a bad swimmer or it was too cold i would definatly not go swimming. I was in an estuary at high tide... 3.5m deep in the channel and 1.2m where my boat was. 27degree C water temp. and plenty of onlookers...

About the motor, i didnt run it right away, but i did get it nice and warm the next morning, ran it for about 5mins on the driveway.

Thanks for the tips, and the delightfull angry posts it kept me entertained for a few mins