First time out. Paradise cove 14.6 NM from the marina. Everything worked out fine but on the way back right before the Jetty one of the plugs came loose from the starboard starter and spilled oil into the bilge. I have taken this starter back to the shop (Dynatrans in LB) 4 times. The owner thinks that I am out of my mind and do not know what I am doing... I had to keep on taking the starter back to them because it had all kinds of problems... mainly oil leaking out of it. However the trip was a good one. There was some oil spilage from the starboard V-drives but it was only caused by old gaskets. Still work to be done: bottom paint and the bootstripe. Have the paint and just want to find a good haul out place, probably in Long Beach.
