Nope, not normal. Actually sounds pretty improbable knowing what I do
about electricity and ignition systems.

Jim

RichH wrote:
So there I sit in my dinghy, barefooted, too lazy to bail 4 inches of
water from the bottom, outboard purring along .... touch the metal
throttle and WHAM .... kind of curled my toenails as the shock went up
one arm, down into both feet....
Is this normal to have the magneto discharge into body parts like this?
Magneto dead shorts to the engine metal to stop it! Jeeze, maybe I
should scratch some paint off the lower unit to it grounds better into
the water instead of the through ME.

Surprised lazy and barefooted dinghy drivers would like to know ;-)