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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 1994
                                                        Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C. 20549

                                   Form S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Delaware                        36-1589715
       (State of incorporation)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                100 Sea Horse Drive, Waukegan, Illinois  60085
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                       OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                             D. JEFFREY BADDELEY
                               General Counsel
                          Outboard Marine Corporation
                              100 Sea Horse Drive
                           Waukegan, Illinois  60085
                               (708) 689-6200
               (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)

                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Title          Amount         Proposed        Proposed         Amount of
        of             to be         maximum         maximum           registr-
     securities       regist-        offering        aggregate          ation
       to be           ered          price per       offering            fee
     registered         (1)          share (2)       price (2)           (2)
    -------------    --------        ---------    -------------       ---------
    Common Stock     150,000          $22.5625    $3,384,375.00       $1,166.93
    par value $.15
    per share
    (including
    Preferred
    Purchase Rights)

(1) Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be nec-
essary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan
as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of
the outstanding Common Stock.

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pur-
suant to Rule 457(h)(1) based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange as of October 4,
1994.

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                                   PART I
                  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
                                 PROSPECTUS

Note: The documents containing the information required by this section will be
given to employees participating in the OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"ESPP") and are not required to be filed with the Commission as a part of the
Registration Statement or as an Exhibit.

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                                   PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.

     The following documents of Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC or the regist-
rant) filed or to be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission are
incorporated herein by reference as of their respective date:

(a) OMC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1993.

(b) All other reports filed by OMC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since September 30, 1993.

(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.15 per share,
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the
Commission on February 24, 1987 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and all amendments and reports filed by the Registrant for
the purpose of updating such description.

(d) The description of the Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with
the Commission on June 26, 1986, including any amendments or reports filed by
OMC for the purpose of updating the description of such Rights.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to
the Common Stock offered hereby which indicates that all such Common Stock has
been sold or which deregisters all such Common Stock remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     The validity of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights registered hereby is being passed upon for OMC by D. Jeffrey Baddeley,
Vice President and General Counsel of OMC.  Mr. Baddeley is the beneficial owner
of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, grants the
Registrant broad powers to indemnify any person in connection with legal pro-
ceedings brought against him by reason of his present or past status as an
officer or director of the Registrant, provided that the person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was
unlawful.  This statute also gives the Registrant broad power to indemnify any

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such person against expenses in connection with any action by or in the name of
the Registrant provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Reg-
istrant except that no indemnification may be made if such person is adjudged to
be liable to the Registrant unless and only to the extent the court in which
such action was brought determines upon application that, despite such ad-
judication, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnity as the court deems proper.  In
addition, to the extent that any such person is successful in the defense of any
such legal proceeding, the Registrant is required by statute to indemnify such
person against expenses, including attorneys' fees, that are actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

     Article VII of OMC's By-Laws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify
its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and
that such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which any person indemnified may be entitled by law or otherwise.

     The Company maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance and
corporate reimbursement policies insuring directors and all officers against
loss arising from claims made arising out of the performance of their duties.

     The effect of the foregoing provisions of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware and the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-laws would be
to permit such indemnification by the Registrant for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 7. Exception from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     The following are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

Exhibit
  No.          Description of Exhibit
- -------    -------------------------------------------------------------
 5.1       Opinion of D. Jeffrey Baddeley.

 24.1      Consent of D. Jeffrey Baddeley (included in the opinion filed
           as Exhibit 5.1).

 24.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

 25.1      Powers of Attorney.

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) Rule 415 offerings.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-
effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the eff-
ective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fund-
amental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and

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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distr-
ibution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however,
that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new reg-
istration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

(b) Incorporation by reference of subsequent documents required by the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of det-
ermining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and each filing of an ESPP's annual report
pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(h) Form S-8 Registration Statement.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, there-
fore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number             Description of Exhibit                     Page
- --------------             ----------------------                     ----

 5.1                       Opinion of D. Jeffrey Baddeley.             10

 24.1                      Consent of D. Jeffrey Baddeley              10
                           (included in the opinion filed
                           as Exhibit 5.1).

 24.2                      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.              9

 25.1                      Powers of Attorney (included as              7
                           part of the signature page hereto).


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                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration state-
ment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Waukegan, State of Illinois, on October 7, 1994.


                                                 OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION

                                              By:      JAMES C. CHAPMAN
                                                 ---------------------------
                                                       James C. Chapman
                                                  Chairman of the Board and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
J. C. Chapman, J. R. Maurice, D. J. Baddeley and H. Malovany and each of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities to sign any and all pre-effective and\or post-effective amend-
ments to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, and hereby ratifies,
approves and confirms all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this reg-
istration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.

                       SIGNATURES                TITLE
                       ----------                -----

Date  October 7, 1994  JAMES C. CHAPMAN          Chairman of the
                       ----------------          Board of Directors,
                       James C. Chapman          President and Chief
                                                 Executive Officer

Date  October 7, 1994  JAMES R. MAURICE          Vice President, Controller
                       ----------------          (Principal accounting
                       James R. Maurice          officer)

Date  October 7, 1994  FRANK BORMAN              Director
                       ------------
                       Frank Borman

Date  October 7, 1994  WILLIAM C. FRANCE         Director
                       -----------------
                       William C. France

Date  October 7, 1994  URBAN T. KUECHLE          Director
                       ----------------
                       Urban T. Kuechle

Date  October 7, 1994  RICHARD T. LINDGREN       Director
                       -------------------
                       Richard T. Lindgren

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Date  October 7, 1994  J. WILLARD MARRIOTT, JR.  Director
                       ------------------------
                       J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Date  October 7, 1994  RICHARD J. STEGEMEIER     Director
                       ---------------------
                       Richard J. Stegemeier

Date  October 7, 1994  CHARLES D. STRANG         Director
                       -----------------
                       Charles D. Strang

Date  October 7, 1994  RICHARD F. TEERLINK       Director
                       -------------------
                       Richard F. Teerlink

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                    CONSENT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated October 29, 1993 with
respect to the financial statements and schedules of Outboard Marine
Corporation included or incorporated by reference in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 1993 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                                        ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                                        -------------------
                                                        Arthur Andersen LLP
                                                        Milwaukee, Wisconsin
                                                        September 27, 1994


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Direct Dial: (708) 689-5356
Telecopier:  (708) 689-6246


Outboard Marine Corporation
100 Sea Horse Drive
Waukegan, Illinois  60085

RE:  OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to the Form S-8 Registration Statement to be filed by
Outboard Marine Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration Statement"), in connection
with the offering of the Registrant's common stock, $.15 par value per share,
including Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (collectively "Common Stock") pursuant
to the OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") to eligible employees of
the Registrant and participating subsidiaries.

     I have acted as counsel for Registrant and in such capacity have had
general legal supervision over certain corporate proceedings and have acted as
its counsel with respect to the establishment of the Plan and the preparation of
the Registration Statement.

It is my opinion that:

1.  Registrant is a corporation existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware.

2.  The Common Stock, when issued by the Registrant in accordance with the
Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement referred to above.

Very truly yours,

OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION


By: D. JEFFREY BADDELEY
    -------------------
    D. Jeffrey Baddeley
    Vice President and
    General Counsel

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1

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 1994
                                                        Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C. 20549

                                   Form S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Delaware                        36-1589715
       (State of incorporation)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                100 Sea Horse Drive, Waukegan, Illinois  60085
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                       OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                             D. JEFFREY BADDELEY
                               General Counsel
                          Outboard Marine Corporation
                              100 Sea Horse Drive
                           Waukegan, Illinois  60085
                               (708) 689-6200
               (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)

                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Title          Amount         Proposed        Proposed         Amount of
        of             to be         maximum         maximum           registr-
     securities       regist-        offering        aggregate          ation
       to be           ered          price per       offering            fee
     registered         (1)          share (2)       price (2)           (2)
    -------------    --------        ---------    -------------       ---------
    Common Stock     150,000          $22.5625    $3,384,375.00       $1,166.93
    par value $.15
    per share
    (including
    Preferred
    Purchase Rights)

(1) Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be nec-
essary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan
as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of
the outstanding Common Stock.

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pur-
suant to Rule 457(h)(1) based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange as of October 4,
1994.

                                      -1-
2

                                   PART I
                  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
                                 PROSPECTUS

Note: The documents containing the information required by this section will be
given to employees participating in the OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"ESPP") and are not required to be filed with the Commission as a part of the
Registration Statement or as an Exhibit.

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                                   PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.

     The following documents of Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC or the regist-
rant) filed or to be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission are
incorporated herein by reference as of their respective date:

(a) OMC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1993.

(b) All other reports filed by OMC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since September 30, 1993.

(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.15 per share,
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the
Commission on February 24, 1987 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and all amendments and reports filed by the Registrant for
the purpose of updating such description.

(d) The description of the Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with
the Commission on June 26, 1986, including any amendments or reports filed by
OMC for the purpose of updating the description of such Rights.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to
the Common Stock offered hereby which indicates that all such Common Stock has
been sold or which deregisters all such Common Stock remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     The validity of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights registered hereby is being passed upon for OMC by D. Jeffrey Baddeley,
Vice President and General Counsel of OMC.  Mr. Baddeley is the beneficial owner
of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, grants the
Registrant broad powers to indemnify any person in connection with legal pro-
ceedings brought against him by reason of his present or past status as an
officer or director of the Registrant, provided that the person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was
unlawful.  This statute also gives the Registrant broad power to indemnify any

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4

such person against expenses in connection with any action by or in the name of
the Registrant provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Reg-
istrant except that no indemnification may be made if such person is adjudged to
be liable to the Registrant unless and only to the extent the court in which
such action was brought determines upon application that, despite such ad-
judication, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnity as the court deems proper.  In
addition, to the extent that any such person is successful in the defense of any
such legal proceeding, the Registrant is required by statute to indemnify such
person against expenses, including attorneys' fees, that are actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

     Article VII of OMC's By-Laws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify
its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and
that such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which any person indemnified may be entitled by law or otherwise.

     The Company maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance and
corporate reimbursement policies insuring directors and all officers against
loss arising from claims made arising out of the performance of their duties.

     The effect of the foregoing provisions of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware and the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-laws would be
to permit such indemnification by the Registrant for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 7. Exception from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     The following are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

Exhibit
  No.          Description of Exhibit
- -------    -------------------------------------------------------------
 5.1       Opinion of D. Jeffrey Baddeley.

 24.1      Consent of D. Jeffrey Baddeley (included in the opinion filed
           as Exhibit 5.1).

 24.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

 25.1      Powers of Attorney.

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) Rule 415 offerings.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-
effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the eff-
ective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fund-
amental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and

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5

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distr-
ibution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however,
that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new reg-
istration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

(b) Incorporation by reference of subsequent documents required by the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of det-
ermining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and each filing of an ESPP's annual report
pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(h) Form S-8 Registration Statement.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, there-
fore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number             Description of Exhibit                     Page
- --------------             ----------------------                     ----

 5.1                       Opinion of D. Jeffrey Baddeley.             10

 24.1                      Consent of D. Jeffrey Baddeley              10
                           (included in the opinion filed
                           as Exhibit 5.1).

 24.2                      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.              9

 25.1                      Powers of Attorney (included as              7
                           part of the signature page hereto).

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7

                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration state-
ment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Waukegan, State of Illinois, on October 7, 1994.

                                                 OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION

                                              By:      JAMES C. CHAPMAN
                                                 ---------------------------
                                                       James C. Chapman
                                                  Chairman of the Board and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
J. C. Chapman, J. R. Maurice, D. J. Baddeley and H. Malovany and each of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities to sign any and all pre-effective and\or post-effective amend-
ments to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, and hereby ratifies,
approves and confirms all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this reg-
istration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.

                       SIGNATURES                TITLE
                       ----------                -----

Date  October 7, 1994  JAMES C. CHAPMAN          Chairman of the
                       ----------------          Board of Directors,
                       James C. Chapman          President and Chief
                                                 Executive Officer

Date  October 7, 1994  JAMES R. MAURICE          Vice President, Controller
                       ----------------          (Principal accounting
                       James R. Maurice          officer)

Date  October 7, 1994  FRANK BORMAN              Director
                       ------------
                       Frank Borman

Date  October 7, 1994  WILLIAM C. FRANCE         Director
                       -----------------
                       William C. France

Date  October 7, 1994  URBAN T. KUECHLE          Director
                       ----------------
                       Urban T. Kuechle

Date  October 7, 1994  RICHARD T. LINDGREN       Director
                       -------------------
                       Richard T. Lindgren

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Date  October 7, 1994  J. WILLARD MARRIOTT, JR.  Director
                       ------------------------
                       J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Date  October 7, 1994  RICHARD J. STEGEMEIER     Director
                       ---------------------
                       Richard J. Stegemeier

Date  October 7, 1994  CHARLES D. STRANG         Director
                       -----------------
                       Charles D. Strang

Date  October 7, 1994  RICHARD F. TEERLINK       Director
                       -------------------
                       Richard F. Teerlink

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                    CONSENT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated October 29, 1993 with
respect to the financial statements and schedules of Outboard Marine
Corporation included or incorporated by reference in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 1993 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

                                                        ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
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                                                        Arthur Andersen LLP
                                                        Milwaukee, Wisconsin
                                                        September 27, 1994

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Direct Dial: (708) 689-5356
Telecopier:  (708) 689-6246

Outboard Marine Corporation
100 Sea Horse Drive
Waukegan, Illinois  60085

RE:  OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to the Form S-8 Registration Statement to be filed by
Outboard Marine Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration Statement"), in connection
with the offering of the Registrant's common stock, $.15 par value per share,
including Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (collectively "Common Stock") pursuant
to the OMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") to eligible employees of
the Registrant and participating subsidiaries.

     I have acted as counsel for Registrant and in such capacity have had
general legal supervision over certain corporate proceedings and have acted as
its counsel with respect to the establishment of the Plan and the preparation of
the Registration Statement.

It is my opinion that:

1.  Registrant is a corporation existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware.

2.  The Common Stock, when issued by the Registrant in accordance with the
Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement referred to above.

Very truly yours,

OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION

By: D. JEFFREY BADDELEY
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    D. Jeffrey Baddeley
    Vice President and
    General Counsel

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