Engines & Parts Reviews

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Sometimes I guess you can just have too much of a good thing. The case in point here is Interlux’s new Compass varnish, introduced last fall, which incorporated a new, fast-drying chemistry. Unfortunately, it seems to be just a little bit too fast-drying. An OceanLines reader in North Carolina noticed cans of the varnish being [...] …Read More

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Our recent piece by Jeff Siegel of ActiveCaptain about a novel dinghy anchoring technique stimulated quite a bit of discussion from readers and we even heard about another, possibly even better, technique from John Marshall, owner of the Nordhavn 55 Serendipity. Marshall discovered a particular product that makes the process of anchoring the dinghy off [...] …Read More

As I noted in a previous post, a recent electric-engine PWC project has caught my attention, in large part because of the two people behind it — freeride champ Ross Champion and Kommander Industries (and legendary tuner/builder) Steve Webster. Since then I had the opportunity to conduct a lengthy interview with the pair. Here are some of my thoughts that stand out from that interview. …Read More

Here’s where Apple gets insidious. You buy an iPhone or iPod Touch and think the score is settled. But the practically-free $.99 songs add up when the purchases total in the thousands. Worse are the revolutionary apps that change your life for a small fee. If an app says “boating” or “fishing” in the title, [...] …Read More

According to the results of a survey of personal watercraft (PWC) owners conducted by research firm MacKenzie Corporation, Yamaha WaveRunners are consumer's top choice for reliability. The blind, anonymous survey was conducted by MacKenzie Corporation's Consumer Research Division, and looked at purchase drivers and owner experience with the top PWC brands. …Read More

An exclusive first look inside the 12,000-hp, quad-turbine catamaran designed to break the propeller-driven water speed record. …Read More