A couple of months ago I got a Yamaha 8 hp long shaft 2 stroke for a great price BUT it ended up needing some... well a few things to get it running tip top, I took it apart and cleaned out the salt and gunk put in a new impeller fuel filter, face plate and gear oil. it ran good for about 10 minutes then died so I rebuilt the carb. and it ran great at home. 
I finished refurbishing the boats outboard motor yesterday and we put the motor in the boat today and took it out for about a 45 minute cruise and it worked fine so tomorrow we will motor out past Ports o Call and Cabrillo marina, maybe set anchor at Cabrillo for a lunch break then head back to the slip. Round trip should be close to 14 miles, thats a good sea trial for the motor. Net week we sail...