Boating Problems

Saturday after working around the house for a while I thought I'd get the boat out for a couple hours chasing crappie on Lake Loramie. I launched and idled out for a few minutes and decided to blow the carbon out of the motor. I knew with the cool water that I needed to let the motor warm up before running hard, so ran at 3500 rpm's for five minutes or so and then I put the hammer down. About 2 minutes later I noticed a slight power loss. I immediately shut it down but that was too late. I heard a clanking noise as I set down and knew I just blew it up. I had the powerhead off that night to see that #2 cylinder pulled a ring and chewed up the piston. So what happened, just as I hit the throttle the thermostat opened and cooled the cylinder with the 40 degree water causing the sleeve to shrink suddenly - My Fault. Fortunately I just happen to have a great marina close by, so I have to give Don at Phlipot's a big thanks, he has me back up and running in just 4 days. Morale of the story...in the spring when you think you you have the motor warmed up wait another 10 minutes. By the way 1st tournament of the year is this weekend, let you know how it goes!