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Why Aftermarket? That's simply answered: Aftermarket is cheaper and often just as high (or higher) quality than factory OEM parts from OMC, Mercury, Yanmar, and other manufacturers. Some of the prices that they charge for parts should be criminal! Take this Mercury Quicksilver Fuel Pump for example. Mercury's parts brand "Quicksilver" sets a retail price of $428.43 for this part. So if you walk in to your local Mercury dealership and order this part it will run you over four hundred dollars, and similar prices can be found throughout the internet as well. But here at Marine Surplus? That same...

I'm pleased to announce that MarineSurplus.com is now carrying Silicon Bronze wood screws from our friends at Fair Wind Fasteners. For the love of wooden boats In an effort to expand our product line with items that will appeal to traditional wood boat builders we have sought our quality marine grade fasteners. Specifically, silicon bronze wood screws. With today's proliferation of cheap, junk fasteners on the market I wanted to make sure that we carried the best silicon bronze fasteners in the industry, and after lots of research and getting product samples I found the best. Fair Wind Fasteners is making...

  Why bother replacing your throttle controls? With care and maintenance your boat's throttle controls should last for years, but they do eventually wear out. After a while the controls will get sloppy, and excessive play in the control box will make your boat harder to control and shift changes and revs can become unpredictable and hard to fine tune. Before you smash the boat in to the dock, it's time to replace your controls and gain back the confidence that comes with a tight and solid control box. Replace that old throttle control box and don't go broke! Replacing that ugly,...

  We're pleased to announce that MarineSurplus.com is now accepting cryptocurrency payments through BitPay. In an effort to expand payment options for our customers, we have added the option to pay with Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, GUSD, USDC, PAX, BUSD, and Ripple! Just checkout like you normally would and choose the BitPay option for payment.

Before opening a marine supply business, and before sailing around the world as a superyacht Captain, I earned my sea legs on the waters of Lake Erie and during that time I worked as mate on a walleye fishing charter boat. When customers were paying big bucks for a day out on the water, it was important to always be hauling in the fish - and that we did. Previous working on that charter fishing boat, I fished for walleye like most people do and I cast erie dearies. While that works, I quickly found that if you really want to haul in...