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Maintenance Matters
4 Common Reasons Why Your Yamaha Outboard is Overheating
A common reason why your Yamaha Outboard will overheat is the water pump impeller not functioning properly. Why will a water pump impeller not function properly? Over time, the hard rubber blades will begin to curl.
Maintenance Matters
Captain Rick Murphy on Maintenance
What are the fundamentals to keeping your Yamaha outboard engines running at tip-top shape for hundreds of hours? Captain Rick Murphy tells all.
Boating Practices
Your Guide to Clean Boating
For World Oceans Day we are sharing some sustainable boating practices that are easy to learn and can sometimes save you money!
Maintenance Matters
Flushing Yamaha Outboard Enignes
There are many steps you can take to ensure your Yamaha outboard motor remains in the best shape possible. Outboard flushing should be high on your priority list.
Repower
Repowering Older Yamaha Outboard Motors
Just because your Yamaha outboard motor has aged doesn’t mean it’s not capable of running like new. Engines can be expensive, so it’s always a good idea to consider trying to repower an old one than shelling out money for a new one that you may not need just yet.
Repower
The 7 Things You Shouldn’t Do With Your Outboard Motor
As you’re out enjoying a gorgeous day on the water and soaking up the sunshine, the last thing on your mind is an unexpected breakdown.
Yamaha Outboard Engines
How To Buy The Perfect Outboard Motor
Looking to hit the water but don’t have the right kind of punch to pack behind your boat? That’s what Yamaha outboard motors are for.
Maintenance Matters
3 tips to Maintain Yamaha Outboard Parts from Algae Bloom
Along with concerns for humans, water and beaches, the bloom has affected boat maintenance and requires diligence from boaters wishing to protect their vessel and its Yamaha outboard parts.
New Articles
Cocoplum Living Article
For this issue of Cocoplum Living we are featuring an interview with one of our sponsors Eric Raistrick, President and Founder of Eric’s Outboard Marine Service, Inc. He started out as a Mobile Marine Mechanic way back in 1986, and over the last 30 years
Emergency Preparedness
Hurricane Planning
Preparing in advance is important for Mother Nature events such as tornadoes, snow storms, mud slides, volcano eruptions, hurricanes, and others
Miscellaneous
Millionaires Club
Have you ever wondered how the situation with Gulf red snapper became such a mess or why millions of anglers are limited to just one weekend a year for red snapper fishing? Well, a recent piece of investigative journalism found that catch shares are a huge part
Maintenance Matters
Ethanol Effects
What are the effects of Ethanol? After using the boat for two years using fuel with ethanol, the cost savings was destroyed by the repairs required.
Reliability Starts Here
Yamaha Outboards - Reliability and Innovation
There have been great changes in the world of outboard motors since last fifty years, all thanks to technology. The development of computers