{"id":5002,"date":"2014-07-28T14:06:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2014-07-28T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T19:10:04","slug":"marine-power-choices-think-it-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/marine-power-choices-think-it-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine power choices:  Think it through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0quick disclaimer before we begin:\u00a0 The following thoughts are the opinions of the author \u2013 that\u2019d be me \u2013 and not necessarily those of <i>Commercial Fisheries News<\/i>.\u00a0 None of these statements is meant to be an endorsement or criticism of any product.\u00a0 I\u2019ve simply been fortunate enough to witness some of the good, the bad, and the ugly of boats and engines over the years.\u00a0 All this white hair should account for something.<\/p>\n<p>Your marine engine is likely the single most expensive component of your boat next to the hull itself and, sometimes, not even then.<\/p>\n<p>The choice you make regarding your boat\u2019s power early on is something you\u2019re going to be reminded of every time you hit the start button early in the morning or lay onto the throttle as you head down the bay or stick a diesel hose into the fuel filler at the end of a day\u2019s fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Take the time to do your homework before investing in an engine.\u00a0 It\u2019s too big of an investment to make based on whims or trends.\u00a0 With any luck, you\u2019ll be living with your engine for years to come.\u00a0 Shop for the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some points to consider \u2013 most of them just good common sense.\u00a0 The fact of the matter is, you don\u2019t need to be an expert mechanic to make a choice that\u2019s right for you and your boat.\u00a0 You just need be what the late Bob Brown would refer to as \u201can astute observer of the obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of examples of good and bad power choices out there.\u00a0 Learn from both the fortunes and misfortunes of others&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"CFN_8_14cover\" src=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CFN_8_14cover.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"237\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read the rest and much, much more in the August issue of Commercial Fisheries News.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read online\u00a0immediately and download for future reference.<\/p>\n<p>[add_to_cart=4969]<\/p>\n<div id=\"ninja-children-wrap\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0quick disclaimer before we begin:\u00a0 The following thoughts are the opinions of the author \u2013 that\u2019d be me \u2013 and not necessarily those of Commercial Fisheries News.\u00a0 None of these statements is meant to be an endorsement or criticism of any product.\u00a0 I\u2019ve simply been fortunate enough to witness some of the good, the bad, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/marine-power-choices-think-it-through\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,4,125,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-august-14","category-boats","category-brian-robbins","category-engines-and-gear","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5003,"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}