Outboard Motor Manufacturers Directory
There are numerous outboard boat motor manufacturers of propulsion systems that generally mount to the transom of a boat hull. They consist of a self-contained units that includes engine, lower unit gearbox, and propeller or jet drive.
Directory: Outboard Boat Motor Manuals By Brand
Arrow ↓ = example: (Gale/Buccaneer manufactured outboards for Gamble, Goodyear, Spiegel etc.) and (Gambles outboard brand name was Hiawatha, Goodyears was Seabee etc.)
- Atlas Royal
- Briggs & Stratton
- British Seagull ↓
- Brooklure Spiegel
- Chrysler Marine
- Champion ↓
- Majestic
- Voyager
- Chris Craft
- Clinton
- Coleman
- Commando ↓
- Husky
- Commodore
- Corsair
- Elgin
- Elto
- Eska
- Evinrude
- Firestone
- Fisher Pierce Bearcat
+ Homelite ↓ - Flambeau
- Force
- Gale / Buccaneer
- Hiawatha
- Honda Marine
- Harbormaster
- JCPenney
- Johnson
- Lauson Tecumseh
- Lehr
- Lockwood
- Majestic
- Martin
- Mariner
- McCulloch
- Mercury
- Muncie ↓ Gearworks
- Nissan Marine
- Oliver / Perkins
- OMC Sea Drive
- Perkins
- Saber-AMC+Fedway
- Scott-Atwater
- Sea Bee-Goodyear
- Sea Flyer-Goodrich
- Sears Brands
- Motorgo
- Waterwitch,
- Elgin, Sears
- Ted Williams
- Gamefisher
- Selva
- Seven Marine
- Skipper
- Spirit Marine
- Suzuki Marine
- Tecumseh Lauson
- Tohatsu
- Torqueedo
- Viking
- Voyager
- West Bend
- Wizard
- Yamaha Marine
Outboard Brand Resources
Outboards are the most common motorized method of propelling small watercraft. While providing propulsion, outboards also provide steering control, as they are designed to pivot on their mounting system and thus control the direction of thrust. The skeg also acts as a rudder when the engine is not running. Unlike inboard motors, outboard motors can be easily removed for storage or repairs.
In order to reduce the chances of hitting bottom with an outboard motor, the motor can be tilted up to an elevated position either electronically or manually. This helps when traveling through shallow waters where there may be debris that could potentially damage the motor as well as the propeller.
Outboard Manufacturers and Brands:
Aldens, Apollo, Archimedes, Arrow, Atlas, AMC, AquaBug, Barracuda, Bearcat, Beaver, Blue Jet, Brooklure, Buccaneer, Champion, Chrysler, Clinton, Coast to Coast, Colt, Comanco, Commodore, Corsair, Craftsman, Crescent, Crofton, Crosley, Cruise'n Carry, Cruiser, Dragonfly, Eatons of Canada, Electrolux, Elgin, Eska, Evinrude, Explorer, Fageol, Federal's, Fedway, Firestone, Fisher Pierce, Flying O (Otasco), Force, Formost, Fury, Gale, Gamble Skogmo, Gamefisher, Golden Arrow, Golden Jet, Goodyear, Grant, Hanimex, Hiawatha, Homelite, Johnson, J.C.Penny, Kiekhaefer, Kissel Motor, Kmart, Lauson, Lockwood-Ash, Majestic, Mariner, Martin, McCulloch, Mercury, Mighty Mite, Monarch, Montgomery-Wards, Motorgo, Muncie, Neptune, Nissan, NV Marin, Oliver, Pathfinder, Penta, Perkins, Royal, Saber, Scott-Atwater, Sea Bee, Seabreeze, Seaco, Seacruiser, Sea Flyer, Sea Hawk (usa), Sea King, Sea Gull (Muncie), Sears, Skipper (Eska), Skipper (Muncie), Sovereign, Spiegel, Sportfisher, SuperBug, Tanaka, Ted Williams, Terry Troller, Thor, Triton, Troller, Viking, Volvo, Voyager, Waterwitch, West Bend, Western Auto, Western Flyer, White Auto, Wiljo, Wizard
Directory: Outboard Motor Manufacturers
- Alpha Int'l Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. - Chinese Outboard manufacturer
- ATima - Chinese Outboard
- Evinrude Outboard Motor Company
- Briggs & Stratton Gas & Electric Outboards small outboards
- British Seagull Outboards no longer made
- Chongqing Fano Development Company - small outboard from China
- Chuanlaoda outboards - small outboards from China
- Gull Outboards small outboards
- Hidea small outboards from Hangzhou Hidea Power Machinery Co. of China
- Honda Marine
- Hyfong small outboards built by Zhejiang Shunfeng Power Machinery Manufacture Co. in China. Also at Hyfong Outboards
- Johnson Outboard Motor Company
- Mainbon Shanghai Mainbon Industry Co. very small outboard from China
- Mercury Marine
- Marine Power Mercury's European group
- Nautic Outboards
- Nissan Marine
- Outboards.cn Star and Sail outboards
- ParsunEngines.com Chinese outboards
- Ruggerini diesel outboards from Italy
- Selva Marine Outboards Italy
- Sail Chinese outboards built by Jiangsu Tiger Yacht Manufacture Co.
- Shunfeng small outboards built by Zhejiang Shunfeng Power Machinery Manufacture Co. in China
- Sprint Marine outboards from China
- Star - Chinese outboards
- Sun Jin Dynamics small outboards from Korea
- Suzuki U.S. U.S. corporate site
- Suzuki Japan corporate site
- Yamaha-Motor North America
- Yanmar diesel outboards no longer made
- Zongshen by Chongqing Zongshen - Selva Marine (joint venture between Chongqing Zongshen Industrial Group and Selva Marine) small outboards from China
- Zongshen also called Chongqing Zongshen, small gas and diesel outboards from China
Ultra Shallow Running Outboards or Similar Drives
- Bog Hog Mud Motors very shallow running
- Go-Devil Shallow running outboard
- ProDrive Shallow Water Outboards mud boat drives
- Scavenger Backwater Motors (shallow water running)
- Stump-Jumper shallow running outboard
- Taiwan Marine Engine (TME) outboards
- Takt Outboard - small outboard from China
- Tanaka small outboard motors from Japan
- Tayako Motors - small outboard from Japan
Electric Outboard and Trolling Motor Manufacturers
- Amemco - American Marine electric outboards was at amemco.com
- Briggs & Stratton electric outboards
- eCycle Marine
- Electric Launch Company / ELCO electric outboards
- Fuzion Electric Outboard by Griffin Leisure Boats
- Minn Kota electric outboard
- MotoGuide Brunswick's electric outboards
- Outboard Electric Co high performance electric outboards was at outboardelectric.org one of their projects is now at Whisper
- Parsun Marine electric ob
- Ray Electric Outboards electric outboards
- Reservoir Runner
- Torqeedo small German electric outboard
- Whisper from EPIC (pioneered by Outboard Electric)
Industrial / Commercial Outboards
- Harbormaster large outboards for barges
- Sykes Hydromaster Steerable Marine Drives hydraulic drives 50-150 HP
- Kaplan and Associates Hydraulic Outboard Drives for boats and barges
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