Tag: boating wish lists

Take the Poll — What’s the Ideal Tender Outboard?

| August 12, 2010 | 3 Comments
Take the Poll — What’s the Ideal Tender Outboard?

If you could have the perfect outboard for your dinghy or tender, what would it be?  A diesel perhaps, because you’re already carrying hundreds or thousands of gallons of that fuel and because looking for and storing gasoline is such a pain in the neck, not to mention dangerous? I’ve long thought, for example, that [...]

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Torqeedo Ups the Horsepower for Electric Outboard

| September 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
Torqeedo Ups the Horsepower for Electric Outboard

Earlier this year I wrote a Wish List item about the advantages of a single, common fuel for all marine engines; the issue being the need to carry gasoline for a tender wile operating an otherwise diesel-powered boat.  There may be another option and that is the one provided by Torqeedo, manufacturer of an innovative [...]

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New Series: “The Wish List”

| March 24, 2009 | 5 Comments
New Series:  “The Wish List”

OceanLines introduces a new series, called “The Wish List.” In this series, the editors will describe their own wish lists for new boats, technologies, services and supplies, and solicit the same from readers. Please add your own wish list items in the comments. This first article in the series covers the wish for a “universal fuel” for all boats.

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