Dinghy Outboard Questions (and Rant)

[off-the-grid]

1. Do dinghy outboards really run better the further you get from the US and our crappy corn gas?
2. Is ethanol really the source of most outboard problems?
3. Is anyone out there, besides the real extremists really cruising with a dink with no motor, and just rowing it?

1. This little Honda is only a few months old.
2. Has a small built in tank, so fuel is never sitting for long.
3. I always use Ethanol treatment.
4. I turn off the gas and run it out every night.

This morning it started on the first pull. This afternoon I had to row back! Do I need to start running it out every time it's going to sit for more than a few minutes?

Seriously I'm ready to just sell the damn motor, and start rowing everyplace!...And not even allow any corn products aboard my boat.

Besides the pain in the ass, I'll save money, get in better shape, actually get better at rowing, since I'll be doing it all the time, as opposed to the slow bad rowing I do now, since I only row on the occasions when I have to, because of the outboard not starting. And I'll be putting less money in the pockets of the slimy oil companies and corn lobbyists.

Rant over. Back to the original questions. See 1-3 above.