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missing link sorry to hear about your boating woes, but i can relate.
I took mine out today for this years maiden voyage,
its a an 84 75hp evinrude.
started easy
ran without issue for close to an hour, then when I was at around 4400rpms, the voltage gauge started chirping and buggin out and jumping up to 18v, when it's usually just below 14v.
Well that canceled any thought of bouncing a jig by high pines, I went back to green harbor and sure enough, as soon as I shut the motor down, it would not start back up. Just clicking, luckly some guy looking down from the dock said it's the starter solenoid, I think he was right, because it kicked right over when i jumped the leads with a screwdriver.
I'm still not sure why my voltage meter was going nuts, it did go real nuts when i'd trim the motor. I checked the battery with a meter and it was reading 12.6v, then 13.4v when the motor was running over 3000 rpm.
The battery cranked the motor fine and none of the cells were low/dry, but the battery in its 3rd season. I'll keep diggin the answer can't be to far away.
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