Coast guard boats.

gf2020 · 07-23-2012, 09:55 PM

You guys need to get out more, like on Boston Harbor! You'll see plenty of Coast Guard boats, as well as Boston Police, MA State Police, MA Environmental Police, well you get the idea.

Those aluminum boats are all rigged with Honda 225s nationwide, they are all part of a Homeland Security initiative. Other craft are sourced with Evinrude or Mercury, it all depends on the contract.

rick35 · 07-23-2012, 10:27 PM

It would be nice to see Mercs or Evinrudes on the RIBs since our money paid for them. Given who was being protected Evinrude would have been more appropriate. Canadian company Bombardier bought Evinrude (which are still made in Wisconsin) and later a group of investors bought Bombardier. Bain Capital has the largest ownership share at 50%. We'll see those RIBs remotored with Evinrudes next summer.

spider22 · 07-24-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by rick35

It would be nice to see Mercs or Evinrudes on the RIBs since our money paid for them. Given who was being protected Evinrude would have been more appropriate. Canadian company Bombardier bought Evinrude (which are still made in Wisconsin) and later a group of investors bought Bombardier. Bain Capital has the largest ownership share at 50%. We'll see those RIBs remotored with Evinrudes next summer.

Could not agree with you more on that. Why should so much of our tax dollars go to Honda? Honda is hardly "perfection" like someone has posted.

rick35 · 07-24-2012, 11:43 AM

Thats like the Olympic uniforms being made in China. Its not taxpayer funded but it is a thing of pride.

So if Hondas are less expensive over their lives than Merc or Evinrude thats nice but thats even more jobs that have been eliminated. With all the other government subsidies being passed out why not outboards?

As for those CG Defender Response Boat -Small boats the company that made them (SAFE) chose Honda for cost of ownership. They had longer warranties and it sounded like Honda threw in some extras to sweeten their bid. They're being replaced by Metal Shark who also selected Honda for their outboards. They're not Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats but rather aluminum. The fender around the hull makes it look like a RHIB. Google and Wikipedia make me smarter.

07-23-2012, 10:27 PM	#2
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	Buy American with taxpayer money please It would be nice to see Mercs or Evinrudes on the RIBs since our money paid for them. Given who was being protected Evinrude would have been more appropriate. Canadian company Bombardier bought Evinrude (which are still made in Wisconsin) and later a group of investors bought Bombardier. Bain Capital has the largest ownership share at 50%. We'll see those RIBs remotored with Evinrudes next summer.

07-23-2012, 09:55 PM	#1
gf2020 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North of Boston Posts: 203 Thanks: 11 Thanked 35 Times in 28 Posts	You guys need to get out more, like on Boston Harbor! You'll see plenty of Coast Guard boats, as well as Boston Police, MA State Police, MA Environmental Police, well you get the idea. Those aluminum boats are all rigged with Honda 225s nationwide, they are all part of a Homeland Security initiative. Other craft are sourced with Evinrude or Mercury, it all depends on the contract.

07-24-2012, 11:43 AM	#4
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	Thats like the Olympic uniforms being made in China. Its not taxpayer funded but it is a thing of pride. So if Hondas are less expensive over their lives than Merc or Evinrude thats nice but thats even more jobs that have been eliminated. With all the other government subsidies being passed out why not outboards? As for those CG Defender Response Boat -Small boats the company that made them (SAFE) chose Honda for cost of ownership. They had longer warranties and it sounded like Honda threw in some extras to sweeten their bid. They're being replaced by Metal Shark who also selected Honda for their outboards. They're not Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats but rather aluminum. The fender around the hull makes it look like a RHIB. Google and Wikipedia make me smarter.