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Teleflex Marine Optimus 360
Joystick maneuvering has come to mechanically controlled twin-outboard-powered vessels thanks to Teleflex Marine’s new Optimus 360. As an operator moves the stick, actuators and SmartCylinders steer...
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Choosing a Marine Generator
Today’s sport-fishing boats brim with power-hungry electrical equipment, from air conditioning to audio systems, spreader lights to live-bait pumps, refrigerators to radars and microwaves to water...
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Volvo Penta Rolls Out a New Pair of Gas V-8 Inboard-Sterndrive Engines
Chesapeake, Virginia-based Volvo Penta of the Americas has added two new V-8 gasoline engines to its inboard-sterndrive lineup. These are designated the V8-380 and V8-225.The V8-380 features variable...
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Suzuki DF250 AP V6 Outboard Engine
Suzuki’s DF250 AP has debuted as the first V-6 outboard designed to operate on gasoline containing more than 10 percent ethanol. The 4.0-liter engine runs on blends of up to 20 percent ethanol. A...
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Video: Yamaha Introduces Helm Master Boat-Control System with Joystick for...
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I traveled to Alabama this week to see Yamaha’s 2013 product preview with a group of fellow boating and fishing writers. We all had heard Yamaha would debut a joystick...
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Evinrude Debuts a New E-TEC 135 H.O. V-6 Two-Stroke Outboard
BRP has introduced the new Evinrude E-TEC 135 H.O. -- an outboard that should have strong application in the flats-boat market. BRP says the engine is designed to compete in the hotly contested 100 to...
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AAA: Suspend Sales of E15 Gasoline Now
A recent survey by AAA finds a strong likelihood of consumer confusion and the potential for voided warranties and engine damage as a result of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent...
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Yamaha Offers Writers Sneak Peek at New Four-Cylinder F200
Yamaha introduced its four-cylinder F200 in late October at the same time it rolled out the new joystick/Helm Master system to fishing and boating writers. While the Helm Master dominated the...
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VIDEO: Mercury Offers Joystick Piloting for Outboards with Skyhook
Although a select number of marine journalists saw Mercury’s new Joystick Piloting for Outboards during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show last October, the company rolled out the finished...
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Thrilling Video: Take a Ride with Seven Marine's 557 hp Outboards
I am proud to say I was the first writer to collect test data on the most powerful outboard to date – Seven Marine’s 557. I tested and videotaped a center console – the Midnight Express 39 Open – with...
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Proving Pods Catch Fish
(Be sure to click through all the images in the gallery above.)When it comes to offshore trolling, twin-diesel inboards have long reigned supreme, proven to lay down clean trolling alleys and raise...
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Honda Agrees to Supply Outboards to Tohatsu
In an agreement announced July 31, 2013, Honda Motor Co. is set to private-label eight models of its four-stroke outboards for Tohatsu Corporation, beginning in November 2013.In the first year of the...
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Volvo Penta's New Glass Cockpit Simplifies Boat Handling
If you’ve been hankering for one of those fancy pod-drive fishing boats you’ve been hearing about, there’s a new trick from Volvo Penta that makes them even more attractive by making boats easier to...
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New Drain and Fill Kit from Sierra Makes Gear Lube Changes Easy
Checking the gear lube level of the lower unit of your outboard or sterndrive, changing the gear lube or even topping it usually means you're in for messy job. But the new Lower Unit Fill/Drain Kit...
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Video: Seven Marine's 557 Outboard Engine
Vice President of Seven Marine Eric Davis opened the cowling on the company's 557 for a closer look. The twin-pinion gearcase and unique drivetrain affords endless gearing options, says Seven Marine....
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Tell Congress You're Fed Up with the Ethanol Idiocy
This morning I received an action alert from the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA). In short, it says that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised its 2014 Renewable...
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NMMA Action Alert: Boaters Contact EPA Now on Ethanol
The National Marine Manufacturers Association is asking boaters to contact the Environmental Protection Agency to save our boats by reducing the ethanol mandate. The feedback deadline is January 28....
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Yamaha Broadens Its Line with 175-hp Four-Cylinder Outboard
Yamaha Outboards has announced the addition of the F175, a new outboard that uses the same 2.8-liter in-line four-cylinder four-stroke block as the popular and lightweight F200 and VMax SHO 150. The...
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