His living before the marine business was quite colorful to say the least , but he definitely had a passion for boats. You need to clarify your...
That was an unnecessary shot at Jacobs, for whatever his reputation he had grown brands and lost them during tough times for all in the industry....
The JD and DDC joint venture era was interesting and political at the same time. Penske is a large and in charge kind of guy, so those types of...
Most larger boats are engineered to classification society standards. Some of those standards trickle down to smaller yachts and the EU introduced...
I love the Series 60, was able to install the first of 3 pre-production units in a yacht. But they lost the battle on two fronts - after a hugely...
Many Army’s still use Detroit Diesels in land vehicles today, as they get government exceptions on today’s emission standards. It is easy to...
I have to say I would not put a tank back that does not have 1/4” bottom plate. And make sure it is raised from the bottom platform sitting on...
With an overall outboard market share of 40% before being selected as the preferred BRP boat group supplier, Mercury is the market leader and...
Yeah, I forgot about the spin off in 2003. What a downhill spiral for BRP.
I would venture say Bombardier's Aero business is the main culprit and can't think any "preferred" deal with Brunswick would be better than...
Kind of a shocker, not even putting it up for sale and seem to be using CV-19 as an "excuse"....
Bad cases for dumb - a new boat design spiral entry, thanks Judy I don’t want to downplay all the successful miles under frp production...
Usually in those standard brochures when they state a gear model the weights include that gear as well.
Commercial fishing , loading/unloading your catch, icing in awful weather situations, raising your CG and getting caught in a storm, those...
Deep draft is not material specific it is a design attribute usually for displacement yachts and how you want to address the stability goals with...
The other thing to do is call the service desk at FDDA and ask them to look up your engine serial numbers, they should have been around during the...
They have the brochure of the 1100bhp 12V-92TA DDEC at this site, never seen or heard of an 1150 version....
Glad to hear you got the numbers, nice to have the baseline.
Good info, that puts it at about 16% - 20%, numbers that I see repeatedly especially for pods that have 600bhp or less. Above that bhp, there is...
It’s an interesting exercise to go through the data, I take away the benefits of pod propulsion are closer to 20% and not the marketing 35%...
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