Timbo,

Thanks a bunch for responding. I appreciate the quick and helpful reply. I'll definitely give both of those tricks a try next time I take it out. I'm going to go ahead and purchase the boat. Hopefully take it out again this coming Friday. I'm buying boat from Lake Bryan in Bryan, TX. But I will be mostly sailing it on Lake Livingston, north of Houston, TX. Any posters around Livingston?

Thanks again, any other help/advice would be appreciated.