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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.