So I have an expansion plug in place of one of the frost caps on the engine. Simply to make winterizing a little easier. I'm hear to say that if you have something similar, it might be useful to pull them out and check them every once in a while to make sure they're good.

I put my boat in the water for the first time of the season and everything was running just awesome. A few miles down the river I decided to get on the throttle a little bit. Soon I smelled something burning. I opened up the dog house and sure enough there was practically a waterfall coming out of the hole where the plug was supposed to be. Water was starting to come through the floor by the time I got back to the trailer and the burning smell was the rubber on the exhaust starting to melt.

Everything is fine now, thank God. I eventually found that plug down in the hull and it was pretty well weathered, couldn't hold a seal anymore. Bought a new one from Autozone for $3, put it in, and ran it all afternoon.