Cape May

Maryanne aka Wonder Woman lowered our new 83 lb Tohatsu into the dinghy without breaking a sweat.  The little crane we have on the stern helped.  The engine purred on the first pull of the starter cord and carried us into town faster at idling speed than our 2 hp did at full speed.  Unfortunately, on our return to the dock our brand shiny new outboard coughed a little and died when I pushed in the choke.  The engine refused to start.  Fortunately, the skipper of another dinghy offered us a tow.  For one mile we endured the ignominy of being towed with our new engine.  We couldn't thank our French speaking Samaritans enough.  A little time with the engine manual helped me learn how to start the engine if it didn't start on the first 5 tries.