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I would have to see this to believe it.
First most all starter circuits are locked out with the tranny in anything
except neutral.
Second most all marine trannys are hydrostatic. The clutches are engaged via
hydraulic pressure that is produced when the engine is running. Even at idle
and in neutral. I don't believe that a starter would turn an engine fast
enough, long enough for the pump in the transmission to build enough
pressure to engage and hold in a clutch.
In a modern transmission going from forward to reverse does not move any
gears. The gears are in constant mesh and what happens is that different
hydraulic clutches are engaged/disengaged to put the correct arrangement of
gears in the drive train.
I don't believe it would work even if the non-start circuit was defeated so
that the starter would active. But I guess stranger things have happened.
Bill
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