Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor by Bob Jacobson

Author:Bob Jacobson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Published: 2009-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

The Evinrudes traveled America in a Packard touring car something like this one.

Meanwhile, Ole’s old company was struggling under Chris Meyer’s leadership. The company had made a few minor improvements in the design of the Evinrude outboard motor, but each year they were selling fewer of them. From the 9,412 motors the company sold under Ole and Bess in 1913, sales dropped to 7,180 in 1914, 6,222 in 1915, and 5,534 in 1917. Despite these shrinking numbers, Evinrude remained the world’s leading outboard motor producer.

During this period, Ole could not go back into the outboard motor business because of his agreement with Meyer. But that did not stop him from thinking about outboard motors. By 1919, the end of his agreement, Ole had come up with a revolutionary new design. Ole’s new motor was made largely of aluminum (uh loo mi nuhm). Aluminum is much lighter than the bronze, steel, and iron used in the Evinrude engine. The new motor weighed only 42 pounds. It was also about 50 percent more powerful than the earlier Evinrude model.

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