hei have been in boats for years...mine was an older boat with points 1976 year..you can buy an hei distributor for marine use..i used a pertronics kit and a new coil..so its pretty much the same..your just using the original distributor...maybe it was an automotive distributor that was put it the boat your boss had. in which case it would fail an inspection. anyways all the sites i checked offered hei distributors for marine use
