Okay, here's a question from a novice salt water sailer. I live near the SF Bay. We are going to try and sail there this weekend if the weather holds. I went once out of Richmond and didn't pump out the motor until i got home (a two hour drive). Is that acceptable? Is there usually a place at marinas to pump the salt water out your motor? I can bring a 5 gallon bucket to fill with fresh water... is that SOP? My 4-stroke Nissan (remember, the one with the gummed up carb?) does not take those muffs that my old outboard did. The only thing i can tell is that you need to put a bucket of water up into the prop area and run the motor til the fresh water extracts the salt. Educate me! Jeff M-17 #336 (not named yet but am not above pilfering some of the cool names i have seen on this mailing list)