FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WLUK) -- Mercury Marine's Fond du Lac headquarters is getting bigger. A multi-million-dollar project is underway to expand the company’s propeller-casting facility. Mercury Marine ...

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Boats are propelled forward by various power sources, such as human power, wind power, and internal combustion engines. Nowadays, even electric boats are coming onto the scene. Propulsion for ...

Swiss marine giant ABB has spent more than a decade developing a radically different Voith-Schneider take on a marine propeller. The Dynafin system promises up to 85% efficiency, while giving a vessel ...

Featuring the company’s patented loop-blade propeller technology, the aluminum three-blade AX prop delivers greater efficiency, better control, and quieter performance.

Sharrow Marine has quietly been working to disrupt the marine industry with a reimagined propeller it calls the "future of propulsion." The tech originally looked like it might be too expensive and ...

2007-05-06 20:52:54 PDT -- A 52-year-old man was killed after getting stuck in the propeller of a ski boat Sunday afternoon on Lake Sonoma, according to authorities. "It was pretty gruesome," said Lt.