Chris Craft boat sometimes will not go into forward gear after running the motor for a while?

Question

It will always shift into reverse. If I sit for a while say thirty minutes. It will shift into the forward gear. It only does this occasionaly

Answer 1

year/model/of the engine please.

Answer 2

There is adjustments on the shift linkage. Probably nothing more than this, happened with my 350mercruiser. Assuming it's an I/O, the next time it does this just manually move the shift mechanism at the top and back of the engine, and if it pops into gear then you know it just needs adjustment or a possible shifter cable replacement.