Good answer and I think the wife is wise in considering this. I fractured my shoulder out...Find a boat with a similar engine and see if she can crank it. If she can, problem solved, if not, get the electric start or a different boat.
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...on Lake Powell and we sat in a side canyon for a couple days until I could start the outboard and to recuperated some. Ruth couldn't start that outboard. She might be able to start the 3 1/2 HP on the dinghy, but we haven't tried. Some people because of age and/or physical problems just can't pull start an outboard. We now have electric start and won't be without it in our case just because of the obvious safety issue,
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