Dion Johnson's first outboard motor was a 2-horsepower Elgin built in 1952. "It was a great little motor. Not very fast, but I sure had a lot of fun with it," Johnson remembered of his teenage years ...

BURNT HILLS – Many people love collecting things like comics, coins, and dolls, but a local group of mechanics have a different passion – old boat motors. The Mohawk Hudson Chapter of the Antique ...

WAITE PARK — While cruising through the Family Fun Fest, Chuck Schneider stopped in front of an antique boat motor and said, "I used to have one just like that". Ron and Margaret Melick, members of ...

Brian Keen credits his uncle for getting him into boats. He owned five or six, and as Keen entered college, his uncle’s interest grew—and so did Keen’s. That interest, mixed with Keen’s love of old ...

Not everyone own boats. While it might start that way, the passion consumes everyone until they understand the ins and outs of their personal watercraft like the back of their hands. Eventually, most ...

There’s something about owning an antique, classic boat. That is, until you have to repower it. Well, the options for repowering go beyond burning fossil fuels in today’s world. An old boat can become ...

MANATEE COUNTY -- Pat Mullins loved fixing old boat motors. It was just such an engine that took the well-known, well-liked Palmetto High School librarian through the brown-stained, winding waterways ...

For those planning a summer day on the waterways of Lake Michigan, there’s a new ecological option that will help you spend the day boating in sustainable style. Located on the lake’s eastern shore, ...

There is nothing quite like a day on the water in Canada – calm cottage lakes, salmon runs off the West Coast, or the wide-open Great Lakes on a summer weekend. But every boater knows that an ...