The fuel dripping could be from the automatic enrichment valve. This is a mechanism that takes some fuel from the top carb float and distributes it to all 3 carbs for cold starts. This is a gravel fed mechanism. You will find these engines can be a bit hard to start if the engine has cooled down just enough to activate this mechanism, but it's still kind of warm! As my mechanic puts it... you need need to learn how to start your engine in every condition! The trick for a warm start is just as Murph-13 is suggesting, you need to open the carb flaps to start your engine when it's just warm. An easy way to do this is to use the "Steering Throttle mechanism". So by cranking the steering wheel all the way (in either direction), it will open your carb flaps just enough that it should allow your engine to start.
If you have not herad of this feature, it is designed to "blip" your throttle when you are idling around the dock to help a jet drive system "steer" a bit better at slow speeds. Kind of ingenious actually! You can verify that this is working (once you get your engine running) by checking that your engine actually revs up a bit from idle, when you crank the steering wheel all the way, one direction or the other (revs should go up from about 1100 to 2500rpms).
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