SWFL Boating Guides
A warning beep on an outboard is the single most ignored safety signal in recreational boating. It sounds, the owner glances at the gauges, nothing…
Few things ruin a Charlotte Harbor fishing trip faster than an outboard that will not accelerate. You back out of your slip in Port Charlotte,…
Anyone shopping for a new outboard on the Florida Gulf Coast will eventually come face to face with the big three: Yamaha, Suzuki, and Mercury.…
Yamaha is the most common outboard brand in the Charlotte and Sarasota County fleet, and it earned that position honestly. Yamaha engines have some of…
Every outboard owner in Charlotte and Sarasota County eventually asks the same question, usually while staring at the hour meter after a long summer of…
Outboard motors are astonishingly reliable machines when you give them what they were built for. Clean fuel, cool water, fresh flushing, unbroken lubrication, and correct…
If you own a boat anywhere between North Port and Boca Grande, you have almost certainly stared at a repair quote and wondered whether the…
