Mariner outboard motors are just Mercury outboards painted silver. Confused? Us too!

Mariner outboard motors were introduced in Australia and proved themselves quickly, setting a new endurance speed record in 1975 during a 546-mile run from Sydney to Brisbane. An 18-hour running time slashed more than nine hours off the previous record.

In 1976, Mariner outboards were introduced in Europe and the United States; in conjunction with the American debut, three boats powered by Mariner outboards ran up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Chicago for a total of 4,500 boat miles.

In 1996, Mercury and Mariner astounded the marine industry when it introduced a 200hp, OptiMax direct fuel-injected, two-stroke outboard engine. This new technology injected a high-pressure mixture of fuel and air directly into each cylinder, providing greatly improved fuel economy, smoother running and a reduction in hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions that exceeded government proposals for the year 2006.

To me, introducing Mariner outboard motors to the North American market by the Mercury Outboard company has never made any sense. The Mercury outboard has always been black, except when it was green, burgundy or white.

When Mercury Outboards decided they needed a silver motor in their lineup, someone in marketing decided it was a great idea and called it a Mariner outboard. Go figure!

Today Mariner is owned by the Brunswich Corporation, which also owns Mercury Marine, the manufacturer of Mercury outboard motors, and MerCruiser outdrives. Brunswick also owns many boat lines such as Boston Whaler, Bayliner, Maxxum, Trophy, Crestliner, Lowe Lund, Sea Pro, Triton and Sea Ray.

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