I picked a good day for the maiden voyage of the new Smoker Craft on Lake Chelan. It was very warm and sunny and dead calm. The conditions were great for fishing, and the goal for the day was to get the engines broken in. Mercury recommends that you run the main engine at varying speeds, up to 4,500 rpms for the first two hours. Then you can run it up to full speed—but not for more than five minutes, for the next eight hours. We did a little fishing. When we left the launch at the State Park and ran down the lake, we saw a large number of boats trolling off Mill Bay. We joined them briefly and landed a nice kokanee. We left there and buzzed around for a while, following the break in instructions. We took the boat to an area below Rocky Point where I like to fish and hooked several more kokanee. To finish the break in procedure I drove the boat up above the Yacht Club and then back down to the State Park. The kicker started very easily, and the boat drives like a dream! It’s going to be a great season.