Check with Matt at Hanks Marine. I bought a really nice 9.9 Yamaha 4 stroke from them for less than half the price of a new one and it was like new.
Matt has a 5hp 2 stroke for $350. It's a 1996 Force. Says they're owned by Mercury. What does everyone think? My primary purpose is the ability to get back to the ramp in a headwind. Secondary is to move around a lake more easily. I will never be towing inner tubes and the like. Leicester is a drive for me so I want to have my mind all but made up before I go.