Re: Electric shifting gearcases–why?

[billw]

The electric shift worked really well. It must have been a great sales tool, because you could demonstrate shifting a V8 stern drive with two fingers. Or, in the case of Evinrude, ONE finger! They were way ahead of the curve with that; as the majority of large outboards today shift with electronic technology, even though they still mostly have conventional dog clutches. (Okay, well, not Seven Marine, but that outboard is from a whole different planet.)

Long live American manufacturing!