m1taylor
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Well, until recently I have smugly been using a seagull on my tender. I proudly pulled that string and off it went in a cloud of smog only Beijing could match. And it only cost me £80 off ebay, whereas all these other new Japanese outboards cost £400plus, and were surely so attractive to thieves waiting for the next boat jumble. Nobody would want my seagull...BUT then the b**st*rd refused to start - drifting downstream looking like a right pratt with the string being wound round the flywheel over and over again whilst smug Zodiacs went by with purring mariners! If I could have thrashed that engine, well I would, only I feared the seagull protection agency were about and a custodial sentence could be on the cards. So my love affair with Seagulls is over - having been humiliated by having to row to my boat, losing pounds and calories on the way, and enduring abuse on why not use my outboard!
Now the point of this pointless rant. There are still some small two strokes about - new! And I guess they'll start, and they have a recoil mechanism, and don't produce a rainbow of floating petrol to sort out the marine life. So dilemma - Mariner 3.3hp, or brand new eco-friendly Al Gore approved Suzuki 2.5 four stroke? The Suzuki is actually cheaper, but will 1.2 HP make a difference?
Now the point of this pointless rant. There are still some small two strokes about - new! And I guess they'll start, and they have a recoil mechanism, and don't produce a rainbow of floating petrol to sort out the marine life. So dilemma - Mariner 3.3hp, or brand new eco-friendly Al Gore approved Suzuki 2.5 four stroke? The Suzuki is actually cheaper, but will 1.2 HP make a difference?