General Info

After 39 years of continuous operations serving customers all over the world, Marine Specialties is looking for a new owner. We are looking for someone with a passion for model boats and a desire to succeed. You will be stepping up to the helm of one of the premier model boat and engine companies that offers over 1, 000 separate products. In 1969 Marine Specialties, with Charlie Pottol at the helm, introduced its first products on the market, a line of motor mounts and struts. From its beginning Marine Specialties has a long history of providing innovative firsts for the marine modeler such as the first with light weight, high strength pressure cast aluminum products, the first with a variably adjustable outdrive assembly, the first with an adjustable double rudder outdrive assembly, the first with quick change motor mount assemblies, the first with water cooled heads for most popular engines, the first with double tapered wedge rudders, the first with aluminum control arms, the first with clamping water pickups, the first with the double skeg turn fin, the first with the super flywheel nut, the first with the carburetor snozzler, the first with the straight pull throttle linkages, the first with the zero slip clutch, the first with super cool water jackets, and many more firsts past and future. If you are interested in a new career that combines your love of model boats and an income, please contact: