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	Name:	LifeTime Laker -
	Subject:	QUOTES/ADVICE
	Date:	3/12/2008 7:32:33 PM

Very sage advice CAT. That is exactly why I recommend you over someone I have known longer and are much closer too. I think we all know that I call them as I see them. His folks are not as professional as yours AND more expensive. I would think/hope that the DIYer's would keep a constant vigil on the things you mentioned, espeicially now that you have told them all the things that NEED to be done. Especially the impeller and KILL SWITCH. Having been thrown from a boat at about 60mph I can attest the fact that KILL SWITCHES SAVE LIVES. It happened right in front of Veazeys Marina on a busy holiday weekend. Boats EVERYWHERE. Imagine a boat running wide open in circles in that narrow area between the marina and the little island across the way. Had I not been connected to the kill switch it would have been a catastrophe that would still be talked about, and this was July 3rd, 1988. For those of you that are wondering, the steering cable broke. The torque whipped the boat around and I hit the water 30ft or so from the boat. I instictively grabbed the seat as I went out. It ripped from the deck of the boat and was still plastered to my butt when I hit the water (that is according to the witnesses), and I still had the steering wheel in my hand when I came to UNDER WATER.

Bottom line, if you aren't a decent mechanic it is best to have the boat serviced by a pro at least once a year. Nothing worse than coming down for a vacation, or just a long weekend and having the boat quit early on. Is a professional service a guarentee that it won't happen. Absolutely not, but it GREATLY REDUCES the chances.