Not too far OT:
What are the other identities for Tohatsu outboards?

"Matt Colie" wrote in message
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Jace,

Things like this become available for two reasons, Yamaha is selling
these out as private label (are you old enough to remember Gale) or
Yamaha has licensed a other company to build from its designs.

Gale was a blind line of OMC engines that were always ahead of the main
production because Ole Evenrude used them as a consumer field test. You
got the engine at a lower cost and they often came with features that
were not yet available on the two OMC lines, but there was no promise it
would be as reliable as they main label and OMC dealers would not do
warranty work on them.

Mariner was a line of Japanese built Mercury marine designs. They
started out being some real problem engines, but they also were a whole
lot cheaper than the same HP Mercury.

Good luck at what ever you decide, just come back and tell us what you
did do and how it worked out.

Matt Colie
Lifelong Waterman, Licensed Mariner and Pathological Sailor


jace wrote:

Has anyone heard of "Sail" outboard motors? Is this a reputable
company and does any have any comments on the engines?

http://sailoutboardsusa.com/_wsn/page3.html

Thanks

I've had a Tohatsu/ Nissan, and now have a Tohatsu/Mercury. I think I've
seen a Tohatsu/Johnson.

"Jim Conlin" wrote in message
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Not too far OT:
What are the other identities for Tohatsu outboards?

Their parts diagrams are pure Yamaha in the 15 HP 2 stroke range.
Others appear to be Honda 4 stroke copies. I'm not sure if they are
just a good Chinese copy or a licensed version. If the latter, I'd
suspect Yamaha would be yelling blue murder because they would impinge
on their existing markets.

Evan Gatehouse