the boat is still out at the river right now going to work on it memorial hopefully i can figure this out and get it running
OK,, if you don't have any photos of the fuel pump and filter, you have a few choices. You can learn about it by working on it yourself,, or get a friend who knows to help yiou with it,, or pay someone to fix it,, I assume prior to the weekend so you can use it.
A 2000 year boat may have a safety switch that kills the electric pump if the engine is not running and making oil pressure, so "jumping" the fuel pump allowed the dry carb to fill with fuel so you could start it the first time. The other problem may be a clogged fuel filter,, or problem with the carb, or possibly a fuel pump problem. I will guess that you have no fuel pressure gauge to monitor?
