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    BOAT WORKS PROPULSION

    Aug 16, 2022 5 minutes

    As Good as New

    FOUR OWNERS EXPLAIN WHY THEY CHOSE TO REPOWER THEIR BOATS WITH BRAND-NEW OUTBOARDS

    Last May, Nick Carter of Homosassa, Florida, went to pick up his 2018 Robalo 246 Cayman for a fishing trip when his plans were rudely interrupted. The boat’s 300-hp Yamaha outboard was missing.

    “I had used the boat on Wednesday and when I went back on Friday, it wasn’t there,” Carter says of the motor. “The boat was kept in my [homeowner’s association] offsite storage facility. There were 60 boats, some RVs and trailers, and they stole my motor and another motor two boats down from me.” Oddly, the thieves didn’t take anything else. “They didn’t take my trolling motor, GPS or radar, and my power poles were both there.”

    Clearly, the burglars knew what they were doing when

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