With the first set of OXE Diesel outboards installed on a vessel in New Zealand, Bill Day’s multi-purpose monohull vessel Seastar may very well achieve another ‘first’ if its hunt for the famous General Grant shipwreck is successful.
As Chairman of the Seaworks group of companies, Bill is well versed in the job of providing services to offshore, subsea, aquaculture and hydrographic industries with a fleet of specialised vessels and equipment.
But when possible, Bill’s other passion is finding shipwrecks.
“To be honest, I probably didn’t want to be the first to be trying out the OXE Diesels, but I couldn’t be happier with their performance,” Bill says.
Having recently returned from a six-week expedition around the Auckland Islands, the twin 200hp OXE Diesel outboards on proved just how well these relatively new players in the outboard market perform.
