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The Waterman outboard engine appears to be the first gasoline-powered outboard offered for sale in significant numbers. [11] It was developed from 1903 in Grosse Ile, Michigan, with a patent application filed in 1905 [ 12 ] Starting in 1906, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] the company went on to make thousands of his "Porto-Motor" [ 15 ] units, [ 16 ] claiming ...
An early engine of the company was the Model 102, developed from the Marston models of the 1930s. The Model 102 engines were fairly large and featured an integral engine cylinder block and head, with a water-injected exhaust. Some Model 102 outboards had a 13-inch-diameter (330 mm) propeller, gaining the moniker of "The Barge Pusher".
Kiekhaefer's original intention for the Kiekhaefer Corporation was to make magnetic separators for the dairy industry. The purchase included 300 defective outboard motors. Kiekhaefer and a small staff of employees rebuilt the motors and sold them to Montgomery Ward, a mail-order company. The motors were much improved, so the buyer purchased more.
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1] [5] Optional equipment includes a 105 sq ft (9.8 m 2) genoa, a spinnaker and a boom vang. [4] The design has sleeping accommodation for two people with a single bow "V"-berth or four people with the addition of two quarter berths ...
When the dealer installed the quicksilver driveshaft housing and gear case (packaged at $82.25) he had authorization to hand stamp a small "Q" behind the serial numbers on the tag and block. Some did, some did not – and so, the "Stamped Q" came to be. 1951 saw the first production race-ready outboard models; KG-4Q, KG7-Q, and KG-9Q.
All outboard engines sold in North America by the now-defunct Nissan Marine were rebadged Tohatsus. [ 13 ] Tohatsu four stroke outboard engines above 50 HP sold in North America after 2013 are rebadged Honda, though at some point after that Tohatsu introduced their own 60 HP model which is an up-rated variant of their 40/50 HP engine.