I had a bent throttle cable on my new Custom Weld (I'm sure the dealer did it on their demo runs). Anyway while familiarizing myself with the boat just toolin' around Columbia Park. Well, when I pulled the throttle back beyond the midpoint the boat lurched forward again & I drove over the corner of the fuel dock for a nice new gash. I told my father what happened & what the deal was but...

About a month later he was romping the boat up on the trailer while I stood on the tongue ready for hookup. He got screwed up & tried to pull the throttle back & again it went past the midpoint to full backward position. The boat lurched forward almost into the bed of my nice truck. Lucky I had one foot on the tailgate almost knowing what was coming.

Needless to say, I left the boat in eastern Washington & he took it straight to Custom Weld. They replaced the cable & threw in a couple downrigger mounts. It sure was an unsafe condtion though.