Context is important.He actually started talking about guns.
New asymetrical spinnaker / flasher and a light weight reacher / drifter.
No more motoring in light winds, no more worries about injector bolts.
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Less motoring is not the same as no motoring. They were in a no motoring situation before due to transmission problems. The motor rebuild was done because it was convenient due to the lead time for machining the transmission parts.