Back around 1982 I was hunting out of my dads 14' boat with it''s brand new 25 Yamaha. I moored the front of the boat to a tree, grabbed my stand and bow, and made my way to my chosen location about 250 yds away. About three hours later I heard an awful clanking sound coming from the boats direction. I climbed down and made my way back to the boat. The tide was out almost low and I tied the bow too close to the tree! The boat was straining on the rope and suspended at around a 45 deg angle. All the gear had slid to the stern. The gas can was drifting behind the boat connected by the fuel line. the back of the boat was full of water, but floating somewhat. The new outboard was submerged in the salt! I climbed aboard, and cut the anchor line, sliding rather swiftly off the bank. It took a while to bail out the boat, and then I attempted to start the Yami. No luck! I popped the cowling, and pulled a spark plug. I remember salt water blowing out the hole when pulliing the start cord. I started to get worried because I was alone, and no one knew where I was hunting. I was 15 miles upstream from my dad's dock, and figured it would take sever tide shifts for me to drift with the outgoing, while anchoring and waiting out the incoming. After about two hours, I hear a boat coming. I tiny jon boat came around the corner. Unbelievable to me, it was my Grandfather and little brother coming to try and catch a stripped bass. He hadn't fished this river in decades and had no idea I was up there! He towed me back with his little 50's 3hp Evinrude (still have that 3hp). By the time we got to my house, I only had a couple of hours before my dad got home. I pulled the 25 Yami and took it up to our little utility room workshop. I was 15 years old, pretty mechanical, but no outboard mech! I pulled the plugs and sprayed two whole cans of WD-40 on, and in that motor, since I figured it would displace the salt water. I hauled the motor back down to the boat and got her mounted back up. She started up almost immediately. I didn't tell my dad about the incident until we sold that boat 15-20 years later. That Yami ran for thousands of hours with nary a hitch after the dunking. Great motor!