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BoatUS Report
Boaters Beware: Low-Price
With more ethanol than ever before being served up at the nation's gas station pumps this Labor Day holiday weekend, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) cautions America's recreational boaters to avoid filling up with "Regular 88" fuel on recreational boating's traditional last summer hurrah. That's because the latest gasoline blend may contain up to 15% ethanol (E15) ñ enough to harm the boat motor and void the engine manufacturer's warranty.
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Boaters Beware: Expect More E15 This Summer
Despite objections of a coalition of American citizens and environmental, conservation, food producer, fuel retailer, taxpayer advocate, and outdoor recreation industry groups, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently waived Clean Air Act provisions.
That eliminated the three-and-a-half-month blackout period on the sale of E15 (15% ethanol) fuel during the summer months, permitting the fuel to be sold year-round.
The fuel had been banned at the pumps from June 1 to September 15 over concerns that it contributed to smog on hot days. As a result of EPA’s action, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) is advising boaters that they will need to be very cautious at the gas station to ensure they aren’t filling their boats with fuel that’s bad (and illegal) for boat engines.
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Strike King Report
Strike King and Lew’s have extended their support for youth anglers by announcing the Lew’s andStrike King Freshman Scholarship Program.
“Our new Freshman Scholarship Program is yet another way for our brands to give back to the sport we love. We recognize the important role that fishing has played in our lives and we feel an obligation to ensure that it gets passed on to our youth,” explains Ken Eubanks, CEO of Lew’s Holding Company. “We’ve set up a fund that will award five deserving high school anglers a scholarship towards their freshman year of college. We are very excited to see the support and success of our brands translate into tangible support and success of youth fishing.”
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BoatUS Report
In an action that many are seeing as anti-environment, anti-consumer and a big nod to the ethanol lobby, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving toward permitting the sale of E15 (15% ethanol) fuels during the summer ozone season (June 1 to September 15). Currently available only in the colder months, E15's summertime ban was implemented years ago to address concerns over its contribution to ground level ozone (smog) on hot days.
The nation's largest boating advocacy, services, and safety group, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), wants EPA to immediately halt any expansion of the fuel's availability and is asking recreational boaters to speak up now to stop the summertime sale of E15 and offers an easy way contact the EPA by going to www.bit.ly/2UyyMFV.
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Darrell Lowrance, founder of Lowrance Electronics and creator of the first recreational fishfinder electronics, died last week of a stroke.
Lowrance was 80.
Lowrance’s first fishfinder, the Fish-Lo-K-Tor and often referred to as the “Little Green Box,” paved the way to today’s sophisticated electronics. Lowrance also was responsible for numerous other innovations in fish finding and navigational aids for anglers.
Lowrance Electronics is located in Tulsa, Ok. and presently owned by Navico.