[McGillicuddy]

You might try to get in touch with Bigshrimpin via private message. He might just have a Franken Merc or Mariner for sale or perhaps the parts you need. The guy is a master with Mercs and Johnnyrudes. and he knows his way around motor salvage. He's probably really busy slammin' grumpy stripers right now but he's down near Woods Hole and fishes E rocks and Buzzards's. If you can connect, surely you could catch a ferry to pick up a motor on the Cape. Bunch of guys on the south end of the cape that might be willin' to help you out. Good luck. By the way I run a 83 Merc 115 inline six and is pushes my Seafari at 25-30 all day getting about 2.5mpg. Knowing you're on Nantucket reinforces the need for a light engine. And good bilge pumps, and a transom wall. Mitchman lost his 20 off Martha's Vineyard last year. Sunk in minutes because his pumps failed. Do a search for his bro's video. Spooky but they all made it home.