Just an update. I got to wring out the motor two nights ago. Ran great. I can’t imagine that the starting, running, idling, shifting and cooling could be any better or smoother. Funny story though.
This was after work and with no nav lights, the wife and I only had a couple of hours to cruise. The boat docked in the background – we had just finished towing it with five adults aboard plus a rubber dinghy also in tow on the lake. When they flagged us down, they had three ladies swimming with ropes trying to tow the boat. They would have never made it. Not even to the nearest shoreline. The tow had to be at least a mile and the boat was a stern drive, probably 20 feet.
So is towing a boat of that size and weight bad for this little motor?
It seems fine.
