outboards

GM just put 150 million into Pure Watercraft of Seattle, developing electric outboards and waterproof battery packs. And I was unhappy when turbines took the noise out of Hydros! https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/22/gm-takes-a-stake-in-electric-boating-start-up-pure-watercraft.html

I can find no evidence whatsoever that big outboards are built in China. However, a manufacturer would be a bankrupt idiot not to outsource the neat crates of engine/drive units to the first available source, not tariff protected. They could then be installed by the forklift driver in the...

I am curious as to your views on Searay selling new big boats powered by multiple outboards. I had a knee jerk reaction when I saw 3 outboards on their new 37' runabout. Guess my mind is already closed.

Newer gas engines: outboard, I/O, & inboard, produce more hp per cu. in. than the leaded gas supercars of the 60's. My truck's (XT5) 1.4 hp per cube is achieved through a compression ratio of 11.5:1. These new aluminum heads avoid knock through careful immediate (reverse flow) cooling of...

Anyone purchase or taken a lengthy ride on a new 320 DA w/outboards? Hard to find performance and test data with the triple 250s. Other than losing most the swim platform it seems like a winner for Bahama runs from Florida?