Lightweight and versatile outboard motors and methods for manufacturing the same from existing motorized lawn implements and lawn implement parts. The outboards consisting essentially of a motor for driving a propeller, an elongate housing creating the body of the outboard, a drive shaft disposed within the elongate housing, and a propeller. The methods involving attaching the motor to the elongate housing and the drive shaft and mounting the propeller to a second end of the elongate housing and drive shaft.