TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT

Mercury outboard parts are the difference between a clean day on the water and sitting at the ramp wondering what went wrong. Most issues don’t come out of nowhere. They build slowly. A tired impeller, a blocked filter, a worn seal. Leave them too long, and the motor lets you know at the worst time. If you run a Mercury outboard, you already know how quickly a small problem can turn into lost time or a costly repair. Staying on top of your Mercury outboard motor parts is how you avoid that …

Start with your engine horsepower. That gets you into the right range straight away. Yamaha props are built around specific HP brackets, shaft sizes, and spline counts. If you are outside that range, nothing else matters. You can shop directly by engine size here: Yamaha Propellers. Or go straight into your HP category: Yamaha 2.5HP Propellers Yamaha 5HP Propellers That removes 90 percent of the wrong options straight away. Step 1: Check Your Yamaha RPM Range First Before you buy anything, loo …

When people start looking at boat propellers in Australia, most are running the same thing. An aluminium prop that came with the motor. It works. But once you load the boat up or head offshore, it starts showing its limits. We get this every week. Someone calls up running a 115 or 150, says the engine is revving but the boat feels lazy. It takes too long to get on a plane with a few people onboard. Burns more fuel than it should. That’s usually the prop. Aluminium vs Stainless Boat Propell …