I have a $100 Kitchener #12. All metal gear drive and works great.
On owning a Boat...I had a 17' Bayliner Fish n' Ski. In 1987 it was $15K and a Ton of Fun. But...What a Money Pit! Just to put it on the water cost $100 in gas to haul it, gas in the boat and lunch. Then, there was not a single trip out that Something did not go wrong! Just picking it up, my Bro went to get out. As he swung his leg out, he kicked out one of the windshields, $150. First trip out, the Trailering Bar that holds up the engine during transport, Fell of the deck and into the Lake. $100. Another adventure, the Battery Died, $200 for a Marine Battery. Once the Pedestal Seat post got stuck in the front deck. It rained hard that night and the water caused the pedestal to tear through the Canvas Cover, $200. My Brother was out racing around the lake, jumping wakes. The boat came down hard and his knee hit the Throttle, Gear Shift assembly, shattering it. $300. Bilge Pump, $150. Annual Tune Up, $250. And a whole bunch of Nickel and Dime other issues. We sold it in 1990 and I will never own another Boat...JJ