My Dad would shoot me and I don't even have a boat!!

buddy had a Johnson 65 on the back of a 13" tri-hull. Ran great, fast enough for a lake boat on the ocean. Got us out of the harbor and 2 miles down the strand and the thing seizes up in a matter of 3 seconds. we try and start it but the electric starter is just clicking onto a frozen ring gear. We throw the 25 foot anchor overboard and it just hangs off the b oat like a sinker. 20 minutes later, it starts up out of the blue and we race it back to the harbor until it seizes again. WTF...long story short, HArbor assist tows us in, we get it home and I find the lower drive is completely empty of oil and the drive shaft needle bearings have welded themselves together and onto the race. He didnt know there was no oil down there, never checked. Old boat was 2 months new to him and it was the first time out.