We used to shift our 235's in Mod VP, BUT as I recall, we idled them down, and we also made sure they were ALL THE WAY in gear.

I think the Tohatsu gearcase must be the best, my kids, and plenty of other used to drop those Tohatsu's in gear and everything would just go "CLUNK", but they kept running. I've seen the same in Sport C hundreds of times.

I wish we had started my COR motor in gear last summer...The throttle stuck wide open and we hit a quick 10 grand.....We put the throttle spring back on, then it made three laps before the rod let go and wiped out my entire powerhead!