Took the 10' Mini boat into the ocean yesterday

**NRI** · 10-28-2013, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by rivergames

Last week I picked up a little mini boat with a 40HP Nissan Outboard. Islander marine has my mini 10' schiada that they are fixing up. My plan was to put a waverunner motor in my schiada, but I just don't have enough time to go through with that project. So, I am going to put motor and rigging from this boat into my mini schiada

Kinda of a trippy story with how I bought this mini boat. It was located in Chino. I live near LAX. So last week I cruised out there to check out and buy this mini. Turns out the guy that I bought it off of, is my cousins cousin. I haven't seen him in years, but he looked familiar and then with a few clues, it all came together.

Anyways, I went down to Marina Del Rey yesterday with the mini. Launched it, fired it up, and started putting around the Marina.

Well.... I got kind of sick putting around and wanted to see what she could do. So I started heading toward the breakwall.

I almost forgot to mention, my cousin's cousin who put the boat together, installed the steering backward. When I turn left, the boat goes right, when I turn right the boat goes left. It was a little tricky at first, but I got the hang of it.

As I get close to the end of the breakwall, All I saw was pretty good size swells. I would have put a life jackets on us, if I had any in the boat.... So I did what any right minded person would do. I hit the F'n gas!

The nissan has a tiny aluminum prop on it. Sucked getting out of the hull. I had to stand up and lean forward to get it on plane. Once on plane, she shot like a rocket.

There is more video that I will try to get out of the girl I was with. Too much fun aiming straight for the swells, hitting the top and cruising down in a 10' boat. Probably not the smartest idea I have had, but well worth the risk

You're a nut lol

**Havasu Party Bus** · 10-28-2013, 11:38 AM

That's what i'm talkin' about. Run it till it scarys you, and anything faster then that is where all the "FUN STARTS"....

**rivergames** · 10-28-2013, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Havasu Party Bus

That's what i'm talkin' about. Run it till it scarys you, and anything faster then that is where all the "FUN STARTS"....

Caught some big air off one of the swells I hit before we were filming. Right after we landed I was thinking, "I wonder if that was the same air time that Mini Kat gets"