Wife went out with me today which she has not done last few years. We got to my quiet spot at 12 inches of water at the head of the creek and asked for music. I told her no, I am not doing that in this boat she needs to listen. She did, now she understands.
A couple five times a year in get a pic on the morning weather. Last night, very nice moon. I usually just give our name and city but today I gave a touch more info. Didn't tell wife.....
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And fed ex came up with that back in the early 80s for their fleet. When backing upon arrival one is more aware of their surroundings. Then pulling out forward is inherently more safe. I implemented that in 1986 within our company.
I would guess most current inventory of all motors will be tarrif free. Outboards are notoriously slow velocity product so besides current inventory i would imagine they were part of the the Q1 and most of Q2 push to import before the tarrifs kicked in. If they did tell you they needed to...