Boy, I wish I had a RHIB and the deck gear to handle its weight with a four-stroke electric start! Jim Alexander did it right! I have been hesitant to add to the load of my old-fashioned boom's manual topping lift and hoist tackle (I recently increased the mechanical advantage of both), and I do NOT like stern-mounted dinghy setups. So I am more or less stuck with a light inflatable keel boat on top of the aft trunk cabin. In keeping with lower weight, I elected to get the two-stoke 9.8 Nissan, not the four-stroke, as Jim thought I had. That eliminates the nuisance of a battery too. Starting is as easy as my old Nissan 2.5 (still a dream after 15 years). In normal practice, I carry the motor dismounted from the dinghy. I can single-handedly hoist the dinghy (with motor attached) into the water and back aboard, but the motor's 59 pounds added to the 70 pounds of the dinghy plus 3-gallon fuel tank makes it a good bit harder to do than with the old 2.5 Nissan. Two of us can easily toss the dinghy over the side from its aft trunk cabin rest and then handle the motor with the boom. The other day I did the whole thing single-handed (using boom for both items) with dinghy and motor joined after the dinghy was in the water. I found it easy to lower the motor into the middle of the dink and then climb down and lift the motor to the dink's transom. With this lighter weight configuration, I figure I can age another twenty years and not be too concerned with hoisting out my dink. Right now, at 55, I can hoist the whole thing or in parts. Later on, it may be necessary to accomplish this in two lifts. Rich Gano CALYPSO (GB42-295) Homeport Southport, FL I'd rather be cruisin'