Tag: outboard
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Spend a weekend on a 6-mt boat? You can, on Quicksilver Activ 605 Cruiser
It’s the most compact cruiser in the Quicksilver range: Activ 605 Cruiser offers room for up to 6 people and overnight capacity for a couple. It’s time for the Fall launches. Many boat shows are coming, and all the boatbuilders introduce the models for the 2020 season. Here’s the new Quicksilver Activ 605 Cruiser, a…
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New in 2020: three new Jeanneau Merry Fisher will debut for the season
Merry Fisher 695 Serie 2, merry Fisher 695 Marlin Serie 2, and Merry Fisher 1095 Flybridge: it’s three new models from the French builder, ready to debut at the next boat shows. When you are one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, you can never stop introducing new models. And Jeanneau doesn’t top…
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Parker Monaco, the last frontier of outboard motors
Parker Monaco is a well-built cruiser, with large outdoor and indoor spaces. The surprise is astern: two mighty Mercury outboards. Outboard motors are widening their range of use, this is a fact. So far though, when it was the case for big boats, they were limited to sporty models. This Parker Monaco is an exception.…
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The motor that wasn’t there before: enter Suzuki DF325 A, intermediate among the big ones
It’s not a 300, it’s not a 350: Suzuki DF325 A aims at the performance of the latter and the fuel consumption of the former. Maintaining the realiability and light construction of the japanese outboards. Did we need it? Perhaps the first answer is no: the market of outboard motors is full of models and…
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New in 2018: Glastron GS259 OB, the family cruiser goes outboard
The American boatyard (now part of Beneteau) launches a new version of their seven-meter cruiser. The difference for the Glastron GS259 OB is in the transom, not with outboard motor. The choice between outboard or inboard engine is not always easy, in the segment of 25-30 feet cruisers: both solutions can have their advantages or…