Quick question

I'm pretty sure that the Vanguard 23 is the biggest motor that you can get from the factory with a pull start, any bigger and maybe you can't get enough pull to turn it over? I've been stuck pushing a boat twice-once when I ran out of gas heading back to the ramp at Salt Creek, we ended up pushing my boat about a mile back up the north canal-I really felt like an idiot that night but I never go out without a full extra gas tank anymore! The second time I had a longshaft that must have had a faulty seal in the bottom end that let water into the shaft, it was around 5 degrees out and getting colder when I started hunting in the afternoon, and when I went to start my motor after picking up at the end of shooting I couldn't get the prop to budge at all-it was frozen solid! I was alone, and ended up pushing my boat about a mile back to the ramp-it was actually kind of peaceful to be all alone out there, and it only took me about an hour to get back to the ramp but it sure made me think about all the things that can happen when we are out in the marsh, and how to try to prepare for them!

So I remember going out with my dad and his friends in our airboat. We had oan airrboat and my dad's buddy had one. Ours was an old puller style, but was much lighter than my dad's friends boat. Ours had several repairs that were needed. We must have had a short somewhere because every time we went out, we would need a jump from the other boat. One day, the wind blew from the south and we ended up beached. As night fell, the wind came back out of the north and we gained some water back. But the battery was dead. To top it off, the fuel pump started acting up. My dad had to jump the fuel pump to prime up the engine, then switch to trying to jump the battery to turn the motor over, only to jump the fuel pump to keep the engine running once it turned over. Then there was the leak in the boat, where once she was running, they would pull the plug and run around trying to force the water out. Then they would try and chase after the boat to get the plug back in. That made for a long day I remember. I think that was the last trip we ever made in the airboat. Its good to go in pairs and have some tools with you.