M B Marine Sales Ltd.

Unit 5
Ocean Quay
Belvidere Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 5QY

Tel : 02380 388608
Fax : 02380 388609
Mob : 07976 686207
Email : outboards@mbmarine.co.uk
Web : Visit website
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MB Marine

Established in 1968 by Mike Bleecker as one of the UK' s first specialist outboard dealers. MB soon took on the then unheard of Yamaha outboard dealership, and with a large show room and workshop was selling outboards all over the country with a total of nearly 1000 engines a year passing through the showroom and by 1977 MB was appointed Yamaha Dealer of the year, and again in 1978 1980, 1985 and 1991. Following this success MB then took on Chrysler outboards, and again became their dealer of the year in 1972 With Mariner added to the list they were again appointed dealer of the year in 1979, and then Suzuki in 1992 and 1993. In 1978 M.B Marine branched out into inflatable dinghies by taking on the Zodiac dealership and again became dealer of the year in 1980. However when Zodiac dropped their hand built Neoprene based boats in favour of machine made equivalents, MB Marine decided to drop out of the inflatable market. As a natural progression we needed to sell spare parts to back up the Sales department and workshop and in 1982 opened our designated Service and Spares Centre, again a UK first. We carried all fast moving parts in stock for almost every outboard made, and for those parts not stocked we had a computer link to the manufacturers for next day delivery. The 90's were a change again when we took on the Ribtec Dealership, and began rigging new boats for the trade, and got involved with Rib Racing. At this time Mike began to take a back seat and give son Mark the controls.

Services.

New and Used outboard Sales.** New and Used boats for sale.** Outboard Servicing and repairs.** Tube Repairs.** Hull Repairs.** Race Preparation.** The latest outboard diagnostics.** Drive in test tank.** Lift, scrub and service.** New boat rigging for the trade.** General Service parts for sale off the shelf.** Trailer Servicing and Sales.** Hydraulic steering Centre.** Suzuki Service Centre / Main Dealer.** Honda Service Centre / Main Dealer.

Workshop.

We begin 2006 by opening the workshop at Ocean Quay, Southampton. With our experience in the industry we have designed the workshop for the modern outboard as well as the older ones. We know that our time is your money when your outboard goes wrong. Outboards are getting bigger and bigger, and ever more technical. Imagine you have a 7.5 Meter Rib and a 225 HP 4 stroke used commercially as a charter dive boat, you are fully booked and an intermittent running fault occurs. After an hour's running at 5500 rpm, the engine shuts down half way to the dive site; it restarts but keeps shutting down, you need to get if fixed, and fast. Most dealers you go to have to plug a laptop into the engine, get out of the harbour, charge around the Solent at 50 Knots for an hour before the fault occurs, then, when it does their laptop battery is flat. 3 hours wasted, and the fault is still there. We have installed a specialist drive in test tank capable of running twin 300 hp outboards full throttle, still on your boat, but in our workshop. We don't even have to change the props. This enables us to test every outboard under full load just as it would be at sea, but without going afloat or taking the outboard off the boat. And of course, still being in the workshop, we have all the tools rigging and set up needed to hand. With instruments, the ability to order any parts there and then. This will save time when fault finding all outboards big or small, which in turn will save you money and time off the water. For more information, visit our website, or call on 02380-388608.