Yes Chuck, I bit the bullet and said the heck with it. I was given a 16 foot Corson boat that me and my next door nieghbor used to use. He has passed away around five years a go. His son traded the 70 hp Johnson with a 35 hp Evinrude and just let it set. The boat is still in great shape and his son passed it along to me a year ago Christmas. He is away and I never recieved the bill of sales until late last fall. With it setting around all this time the cables have rusted up pretty bad. So I talked the wife into letting me get the motor, cables, controler, and prop to go with it. I should have the motor here in about 3 weeks. It is a brand new motor that is a left over from 2010 with a 3 year manufacturers quarantee.. So I should be all set by the time the ice is out. I will be keeping my smaller aluminum boat as well to get those hard to get places with.