SlashGear has traditionally focused on advancements in terrestrial transportation like cars and motorcycles, but we've devoted plenty of space to discussion of marine engines as well. We've presented ...

Not everyone own boats. While it might start that way, the passion consumes everyone until they understand the ins and outs of their personal watercraft like the back of their hands. Eventually, most ...

Mercury’s recently unveiled electric outboard motors are now on their way to customers after the company announced the beginning of shipments of the Avator 7.5e. And new performance testing shows just ...

For many years, making the choice between a sterndrive boat and an outboard-powered boat was easy: There wasn’t one. That’s because manufacturers built either one or the other in a certain style, and ...

If you’re shopping for a new fishing boat or an outboard motor to power it, one of the decisions you’ll have to make is between a 2 stroke vs 4 stroke engine. Unless you’re going electric, this choice ...

Once upon a time, a 200 hp outboard was huge. Today, there are boats with a half-dozen 600 hp V-12s strapped onto the transom. But how did we even get here? And where are we going? Ever since Gustave ...

The first outboard was actually electric (left). The 12-cylinder block for Mercury’s 600-hp Verado shows how far outboard technology has come. World History Archive/Alamy stock photo Once upon a time, ...