Identifying year of O/B

[fredbrad]

Originally Posted by jwclbi

Yup bigshrimpin thats the chart, no O that designates the year. As my tag on the mounting bracket reads 40HMO. Yamaha head quarters in GA and a dealer here in NJ both looked at the same chart and had no answer. The guy at yamaha in GA even did a serial # search and that did not match either. Thanks, any other thoughts would be great.

maybe the O is a Q without the tail

[FLexpat]

I'm thinking Fr. Frank nailed it (as usual)