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Drewread: let me present you with some facts about the Evinrude E-Tec 60 hp engine. First, it is a two cylinder inline, not a 3 cylinder motor, as Jim G. wrote. I purchased an Evinrude E-Tec 60 hp two-cylinder inline outboard and installed it on a 1989 Boston Whaler 17 hull. See my website photographs for the model configuration. Overall performance of the E-Tec 60 was excellent. The E-Tec 60 was less expensive than the Yamaha 70; I recall a $750-800. price difference for just the motor. The Yamaha rigging gear was priced more than double the cost of the Evinrude rigging equipment. The E-Tec 60 requires less maintenance than the Yamaha 70, especially in the first 100-300 hours of operation. The E-Tec engines have a self-winterization (cylinder oiling/fogging) built in feature. The weight of the E-Tec 60 is 240 lbs. When I bought the E-Tec 60, the warranty was for 6 years, or 3 more years than the Yamaha offer. Finally, Yamaha wanted a rigging fee of almost $2k; I rigged the E-Tec myself and brought it back for initial start-up calibration that cost me $60. Good luck with your repower decision.