I'm from Ninety Six, S.C.---Lake Greenwood----I bought the motor new, to put on a 12 ft. jon-boat, that I put in the river, but they don't run much water anymore, so, it hasn't been used much--cover has a few scratches, where we took it down the river the four time we did get to go ----if you like you can come get it and try it, If you are going to put it on a boat much bigger, you probably will need a long shaft, to push it, but it works fine on the jon-boats-------call me if you want----864-554-5671 (cell)--------------------------------------------Monk