I feel privileged to be at the centre of a little whirlpool of excitement about a rare outboard engine, which is presumably no longer made because it's a 2-stroke. Which took me back to ancient motor mowers and very small motor bikes of my acquaintance - one of which had a separate oil tank, none of this messy mixing oil into petrol. I don't know if that became standard two-stroke practice.
Thanks again for the borrow offer, Andy, which is reassuring to have in the background. Actually I missed a trick today. I had mentioned my interest in a Torqeedo to my wife a little while back, without any reference to the price. Today she asked, 'Have you ordered that outboard yet?', to which - fool that I am - I replied, 'No, not yet, because it's a bit pricey'. Whereas I SHOULD have said, 'Gosh, no, I'd quite forgotten: I'll do it today', and then dealt with the shock-horror over the price if/when it happened. Why am I so reasonable/careful/sensible about these things? Too late to become spendthrift/spontaneous/
gung-ho, I suppose, though it might be fun. Actually my dear wife has just joined me in retirement paradise, so we really can't afford things like Torqeedos. Oh well….