Today I stopped by National Auto Service on 49 street in Pinellas Park FL to speak with Bill.
Bill is the owner of the 19 foot Yamaha testing out my C J S VIPER steering.
It was an interesting conversation. I wanted to know his opinion of the change in his boats handling since we installed this system. He quickly informed me that he was very impressed with how the boat planed off quicker and how the steering was so influential over the stock rudder alone.
How he loved that he could take his hands off the wheel at speed and the boat tracked straight.
And how it responded in high speed turns as well as slow speed maneuvering. So I asked if he wanted me to remove it, he was not amused and said very quickly NO!
I asked if there was anything he did not like about this system or he thought could use some improvement.
He said he liked the way the system worked but he did have one question about something he noticed near his pump.
He was quite concerned as he pointed to a long black strip hanging from his exhaust exit opening.
I reached up grabbed hold of the object and yanked it off the boat, he had a concerned look on his face when I handed it to him as I explained that whoever installed the exhaust fitting at the factory used way too much silicon calking and it's all fixed now! It obviously had nothing to do with the steering.
He looked a bit relieved and I informed him of items others have found inside their new boats.
This was an unusual situation from the start, since Bill had never even heard of my steering I stop in his business with no prior contact expecting to be escorted from the property.
Imagine a total stranger asking if he can stop by unannounced and mess with his nearly new boat, Long hair, beard, no sleeves on his shirt, 64 years old driving a 10 year old nitro with peeling clear coat.
Telling him about my 15 years of experience making jet boats and p w c's steer and my 3 us patents etc.
And if he agrees I will set his boat up free of charge . I honestly was not expecting him to agree and during the first few visits he just looked at me like he did not know if he should believe a word of it, but when I showed up with a template and explained to him what the system would do and why, I saw him nodding his head in agreement.
Later when I showed up with the prototype to install it he was excited and watched over me during the install as I explained once more what it was going to do and how.
Today he was a different person , he even thanked me for his new VIPER steering system. And I thanked him for his help.
