outboard engine weights

[Mark]

I did a bit of surfing on the web this afternoon to compare engine weights for the most popular outboards in the 135-150hp range. It would seem that regardless of whether you look at 4-strokes, direct injected 2-strokes, or other variants, a 25" shaft outboard is hard to locate under 400#'s in engines that are available right now. Some are actually closer to the 500# mark.