Matt, a nice summer day to you !

        Thanks for the Subj: !

 MM> That low profile design was for fishermen, especially for trolling, so
 MM> that the engine wouldn't get in the way of the line or the pole tip.  

        Hey, cute. My fly-line always gets wrapped around the tiller
  on my small outboard. But 9.9 would be too much for my 12' glass
  boat. The 9.9 figure was designed so that it would be under the 10+
  compulsory registry of the boat.

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