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Hi Folks,

When I lived up north like the majority of your folks I also ran my boat very little.
So I do understand went the man from Casco Bay says he has an old engine and it's going strong....that's because you hardly use it.

In Florida I use the boat 6 hours on Saturday and another 6 hours on Sunday. I also run it 3 week nights for a few hours each evening. I average about 15-20 hours per week. I use the boat for about 50 weeks out of the year....that's about 1000hrs.
That is why outboard motor boat engines do not last very long in South Florida.
After about 5 years you are tossing it or trading what's left of it in.

I know when your getting dumped on with snow like Maine had last week and your stuck with wet drizzle most of the year it's hard to understand that a lot of us boat year round and enjoy 70-80 degree sunny weather!