Specialist Two-Stroke Engines

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Specialist Two-Stroke Outboards

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The law - who can buy two-stroke outboard engines.
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Since the UK and EU passed the Recreational Craft Directive - the RCD - over a decade ago: the sale and use of new two-stroke outboard engines has been banned for all recreational and leisure boat owners inside the Uk and EU.
 
However it is still legal for recreational and lesiure boat to own and to use older two-stroke outboard engines: those that were purchased before the legal deadine. This includes the continuing resale of used / preowned outboard engines
 
However it is still legal for Pennine Marine to sell new two-stroke outboard engines to certain classes of user and operator in the UK and EU, including:

  • Commercial operators.
  • Government and emergency services: ie fire brigades. 
  • Lifeboats and dedicated rescue boats.
  • Racers.

It is also legal to sell to export markets internationally (except to USA and Canada).

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Who still uses two-stroke outboard engines?
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As noted above, there are still classes of legal two-stroke new engine sales, which we would describe as follows:
 
Commercial Operators
The majority of commercial operators in the UK have now changed over to using modern four-stroke engines. This reason is usually, and most simply, because the key commercail conisderatiion of fuel economy.  However some commercial operators still continue, quite leaglly, to buy and uses new two-stroke outboard engines. The main reasons for commercail operators using a two-stroke are freqently lightness: and/or the need to remove an engine on and off the boat reguarly - or the need to "self-service" an engine in a remote location. Thus a number of commercial operators  with robust workboats continue to use two-stroke outboard engines.
 
Racers  
All bona-fide racers can still buy new two-stroke outboard engines. We would need to see prooof of club racing status and an RYA racing licence etc
 
Life-saving., Rescue and Lifeboats (including Dedicated Rescue Craft)
All dedicated rescue boats, including RNLI rescue boats: volenteer-manned rescue boats and the mandatory rescue boats accried by merchant ships (both UK and overseas registered) can all still use tow-stroke outboard engines. Please note that these engines for dedicated rescue boat us often require specific SOLAS approvals: please contact ourselves for details.
 
Fire Brigades
The fire brigades are now the largest users of two-stroke engines: often in the 25hp to 30hp catagory. These tow-stroke engines for the fire brigades are frequently sold specially modified buy us with dedicated fire-brigade features such as large carry-handles, hour-meters etc
 

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Yamaha Two-Stroke Outboard Engines
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Tohatsu Two-stroke Outboard Engines
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Tohatsu now have a comprehensive range of two-stroke engines.
 
In 2019 the full Tohatsu range of two-stroke outboard engines is:

  • 3.5 hp - model Tohatsu M3.5 B2
  • 4 hp - model Tohatsu M4C
  • 5 hp - model Tohatsu M5D
  • 6 hp - model Tohatsu M6B
  • 8 hp - model Tohatsu M8B
  • 9.8 hp - model Tohatsu M9.8
  • 15 hp - model Tohatsu M15DB
  • 25 hp- model Tohatsu M25H
  • 30hp - model Tohatsu M30H
  • 40 hp - model Tohatsu M40D
  • 50 hp - model Tohatsu M50D

 

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Mariner Two-Stroke Engines
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The premier marine dealer in Northern England

Pennine Marine is the premier marine dealership for ribs, powerboats and outboard engines in Northern England. We specialise in sales, servicing and support of ribs, powerboats, outboard engines - together with boat and engine servicing and outboard engine spares parts. We also sell a full range of marine chandlery, sailing clothing, wetsuits, boat trailers, boat trailer spares and increasingly more canoes and kayaks. We offer for sale only good quality new marine brands, or good preowned boats and engines. Being based in Yorkshire we always offer you quality boating products at reasonable prices.