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It depends upon where we are going. If I am going on Lake Michigan, I have an auxiliary motor. If I had a brand new motor, I would still want a spare on a lake like that. When we are working the bugs out of a motor, we often bring a spare along as well. A 2.5 Elgin or a Lightwin are perfect for that. If I have my 18′, it has a spare Mercury 20 on it, but with the 14′ or the 12, (The 12′ Crestliner only has room for one motor on the transom anyway and no real storage inside for a spare.) We have oars in the 14′ boat all the time, and a paddle in the Crestliner. Had to use them twice this year. Once when we spun a prop on the FD-10 on the opposite side of the lake! Once again when we ran out of dinosaur juice. 🙄