I clearly remember the first time I tried to start a four-stroke outboard that was already quietly going about its business. As the starter motor and the boat’s owner whined in unison, it felt more like an epiphany than just another ‘senior moment’.
To someone long raised on a diet of cantankerous, rattly two-strokes, one erroneous turning of a key also signalled a turning point for the trailerboat industry  … More