From tiny canoes to massive offshore convertibles, there are a million and one fishing boats out there. Some of them, however, break all of the molds. They fit into no categories. And they may leave you […]
With Yamaha offering the F350C, Mercury offering the Verado 350 and 400, and Seven Marine offering the monstrous 557 and 627 outboards, Suzuki has been playing a bit of catch-up ball lately. Their Df300 is a […]
Anyone who’s into outboard motors is quite familiar with the Seven Marine 557 and the Seven Marine 627, the largest outboard engines on the face of the planet. Based on a 6.2L supercharged V8 GM block […]
No matter how bad an idea might be, sooner or later someone will probably try it. Case in point: putting plastic cleats on a 20′ or larger fiberglass boat. Sure, plastic can do the job on […]
When the Evinrude E TEC G2 was first introduced we brought you the news with a test of the G2 200-hp outboard, and recently, we got a closer look at the 300-hp version of this motor. […]
Our caravan assembled in a K-Mart parking lot at 7:00 pm, for a final huddle before departing on the 10-hour run. Our goal: to get all four trailerboats to the inlet—in functional condition—by daybreak the next […]
Question: This might sound silly to you, but why can’t boat manufactures build a boat that has a bilge pump that dispenses water out of your center console, that is waist high so you can flip […]
There are some things a boat simply can’t do without (think: motor) and then there are things we like to add to our boats. Electronics, fishing accouterments, Bimini tops, and so on. There’s also a class […]
In the past two weeks we’ve looked at how to gain insight into a boat’s quality by inspecting inside the anchor locker and bilge. Assuming you’ve liked what you’ve seen, now it’s time to leave the […]
Silly as it may sound, an anchor locker is a window into a boat’s soul. In this one spot you can learn reams about how a boat is built, and how it will hold up over […]