On Tue, 3 May 2016 04:59:46 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Johnny...you seem to work overtime at being offended. Someone down there must like stern drives or there wouldn't be so many available...from a number of manufacturers.

If you are on a trailer, most of the problems with a stern drive are
mitigated. Just be sure to do the maintenance. They are harder to work
on tho if you are looking at anything that is not right on top.