George, you can google the manual for the motor. If it is like the Honda 2HP that I had on my M-15 it swivels to do reverse and had a friction clutch to take care of not having a shift. You start in low speed and you rev it up to get the propeller spinning. Very simple, air cooled. Nice motors. I still have mine for my M-10. Good luck! Robbin On 4/13/2013 8:37 PM, George R. Iemmolo wrote:
I have a 3HP short shaft Yamaha that came with the boat. Looking at it I see that it does not have a shift lever of any sort not even a neutral to keep the boat from moving at the start up of the motor.
Does any one have a similar situation and how do you cope coming in to a dock, starting up, etc?
What do most of you use on a M15?
George
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