Re: The Sinking of the Outboard Marine Corp.

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As always, there are underlying economics. Bar that, I always say ‘stick to your knitting’..don’t diversify if the product is not complementary to your base product. Lanwmowers? Chainsaws post WW11? Aqualungs? Snowmobiles? 20 Varieties of boats: all doing the same thing? Finally, don’t introduce new technology if it’s not tried and tested to death, aka. Mercury Lake X (but excluding their 3 cylinders, fuel oil supply lacking until they caught up) – Ficht was a disaster, as was early oil injection and mix 100:1 tanks, and if your competitors do it better than you, copy them and add some other value to sell.

EPA (and other regulatory / environmentally skewed bodies) was just the world saying we’ve had enough of 2-stroke pollution (for whatever reason). I use biodegradeable oils and synthetics..most weren’t around when EPA had a hissy fit. The rest of the world outside the US are still allowed to pump out conventional 2-stroke pollution, with new build motors, so they (EPA) should take congnisance.