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Nord Star Offers New 24 Offshore Model with Outboard Power

| December 31, 2010 | 0 Comments
Nord Star Offers New 24 Offshore Model with Outboard Power

Nord Star USA and Brewer Yacht Sales will be showing a new Nord Star 24 Offshore model from the Finnish boat builder at the New England Boat Show in late February.  The boat features outboard propulsion but retains the salty pilothouse looks of its sister ships in the Nord Star Patrol line that runs all [...]

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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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Got Propane? Run Your Outboard Motor on It

| December 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
Got Propane? Run Your Outboard Motor on It

Well, soon maybe.  In my apparently Quixotic quest for a single fuel for vessel, tender and toys, I keep looking for new ideas.  Using propane as fuel for an internal combustion engine is not new, but it is for a modest outboard application.  A company I can only identify so far as Marine Green (more [...]

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New Torqeedo Might Be The Green Go for Your Dinghy

| November 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
New Torqeedo Might Be The Green Go for Your Dinghy

Torqeedo, the German company that produces those cool, skinny electric outboard motors has introduced a new model — the Cruise 4.0 R — that has the power to realistically be considered a replacement for the gas-powered outboard on your dinghy.  And it does so with an overall efficiency of more than 50%, which is at [...]

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