After I smashed the crudy plastic kill switch (emergency stop switch) on our engine, I bought the shop manual and figured out I could literally unplug the emergency stop circuit that was now permanently grounding the motor. On a Honda it's the black and red wire (black and yellow on most other outboard engines.

I hope someone in a bind will find this useful, particularly if you are sailing and this is your only means of docking when you need to get back to port!

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