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Old 02-22-2009 | 01:09 PM
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So now, its Sunday - time for Initial Sea Trials. [8D] I figured I better keep it easy on the power, and perhaps pull the boat out after 4-5 minutes, to check check the sea-keeping (is it dry, or is it taking on lots o' water). At low power, I suspect the model is entraining some air thru the waterjet inlets - you can tell the motors are running well, but there's not a whole lot of velocity. At medium power, you can see the waterjet flowthru at the transom improve, and the boat starts moving out well. At this point, I noticed a waterjet died. [] So I brought the boat in and inspected it.

Everything looked okay, so I swapped out the fuses in both motor, to the next size larger (25 amp). I was using 20 amp fuses, which is what I use on my other boat.