New Zealand’s Spearfishing Guru, Darren Shields, hadn’t owned a Mercury engine for 43 years – when his dad used to have an old 50hp Mercury.
But after upgrading to a 7.45m aluminium boat, he wa
In-stock and ready for Christmas.
Delivery time for new boats are consistently being pushed out to 6 months or more… some orders we’ve seen won’t be delivered for over 18 months! But if you
30 November 2021 – From island hopping on sea planes in the Pacific, to monitoring the police boats in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when it comes to Mercury and engines – Karl Roberts has seen it all
19th NOVEMBER 2021 — The perfect addition to your Mercury powered multi-engine boat has arrived this November – with the Next Gen Dual-Handle Digital Throttle & Shift (DTS) system.
With integ
Your boat's engine has a cooling system, powered by a water pump, which it needs to operate. The water pump pulls water from outside the engine, sends it over the power and cylinder heads, and then e
26 August 2021 — On average, each year at least 23 people drown as a result of boating accidents in Australia, and 20 people in New Zealand* - with the key demographic being males aged 50-75.
While
Every year, Maritime Safety Queensland publishes a report on marine incidents statistics and their causes. Their most recent report, Marine Incidents in Queensland 2020, has some arresting insights i
9 AUGUST 2021 - Ultimate Charters’ fleet of four boats is clocking at least 6,000 hours a year.
So, when it came to choosing engines for two brand-new boats to add to the fleet - it wasn’t
28 JULY 2021 — One of the greatest threats to marine ecology is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a 1.6 million km2 collection of over 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in the North Pacific Ocean.
20 July 2021 — Rough surf, treacherous currents and big waves. These are the punishing conditions that the current Australian IRB Champions at Kirra Surf Life Saving Club must battle with at every c
