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 Winter Promotion Offer on ALL New Boats in Stock
We’re offering major preferential pricing on all NEW boats currently in stock,namely a Panache 1750 powered by a Honda BF115HP/ Panache 1950 powered by a Honda BF150HP/ Panache 2250 powered by a Honda BF225HP/ Kestrel 575 powered by a Honda BF150HP/ Odyssey 17 Centre Console powered by a Honda BF90HP VTEC/ Odyssey 650 Sundeck powered by a Honda BF225HP/ and an Infanta 5.2m powered by a Honda BF75HP.
Please contact us here at the shop for more information…
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 Join us on the Honda Marine Knysna FACEBOOK Page
To check out our Winter Promotion and other special offers, please join us on our Facebook Page, come and see what’s going on and give us your feedback…
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 Exciting Developments at Honda Marine Knysna
Keep an eye on the shop over the next couple of months as there are some exciting plans afoot. Hopefully when all is finished your overall marine and boating experience will be even more greatly enhanced by what’s coming…
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 Why not get your boat serviced NOW…
Why wait for the pre-season rush to get your boat into the shop for that annual service. Take advantage of our special winter service offer whereby for all owners living in Knysna, we’ll both collect and return your boat free of charge giving you a saving of R500 from the bill!
To make your booking please call us on Tel.: 044 382 4090.
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| PRODUCT NEWS |
 Honda Reliability Wins the Day - Indianapolis 500 Race Report
For the sixth consecutive year, Honda powered the entire 33-car Indianapolis 500 starting field, and for a record-extending sixth consecutive time – and the only six times in Indy 500 history – there was not a single Honda engine failure in today's race. Over the two weeks of practice, qualifying and racing, drivers logged a total of 40, 655 miles without the loss of a single Honda Indy V-8 engine.
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| JUNE PRODUCT SPECIALS |
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Fazer 17
This 2003 Fazer 17 is powered by a Yamaha 2-stroke V4 115HP outboard and is in good condition. The Fazer was one of the most popular boats to come out of the Angler Boats factory and at 17ft with plenty of power, she’s both quick and highly manoeuvrable, making her an excellent speed/ ski boat option. She’s been well looked after and comes with a good array of standard features including Safety Equipment making her an excellent overall buy.
Price : R85 000 (incl.VAT)
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 | Wildcat 4.2m SRi
This 2006 Wildcat 4.2m SRi powered by a Honda BF30HP with power trim and tilt is in excellent condition and represents a really affordable way of getting on the water. She comes with a good level of specifications including Safety Equipment and as a wet deck with a trolling bar and rod holders, she’d make a perfect smaller and very manageable fishing vessel.
Price : R46 000 (incl.VAT)
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 | HRU 196 Lawnmower
The re-modelled and re-designed HRU 196 is ideal for larger lawns and the serious contractor. The powerful long-lasting 4-stroke 5.5hp OHV engine features durable cast-iron bore. She’s lightweight and easy to push, and has a rustproof aluminium deck with 19" cut. She starts first time every time with Honda's famous one pull easy start system, and is smooth and easy to manoeuvre with 200mm sealed ball-bearing wheels, what’s more there are fewer stops with her huge 54 litre polymer catcher.
Price : R5 400 (incl.VAT)
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| PRESS RELEASES |
 FAA-Conforming HondaJet Reaches Maximum Operating Altitude of 43,000ft
Geneva, Switzerland, May 17, 2011 - Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., announced at the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, that it has successfully completed additional milestone flight tests with its FAA (the US Federal Aviation Administration) -conforming HondaJet, including the achievement of a maximum operating altitude of 43,000ft. This accomplishment follows soon after Honda's advanced light business jet recorded a maximum speed of 425KTAS (489 mph) during flight testing at the company's Greensboro, North Carolina, world headquarters facility.
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| BOATING TIP OF THE MONTH |
 | ADVANTAGES of RIBS and SRi’s - Putting Some Myths to Bed
What type of boat you buy is all about personal preference and choice, and more often than not people have over time formed fairly inflexible mindsets based on personal experience and by exposing themselves to potential prejudice from the proverbial ‘hearsay’ of others.
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Often in the past, the reputation of RIBS (Rigid Inflatable Boats), also known as SRi’s (Semi-rigid Inflatables), has been tarnished by the use of inferior materials combined with basic build techniques, resulting in major quality issues.
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| NAUTICAL INFO |
 | 2011 Mississippi River floods
The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 are among the largest and most damaging along the U.S. waterway in the past century, rivaling major floods in 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems dumped record rainfall on the Mississippi River watershed. Rising from springtime snowmelt, the river and many of its tributaries began to swell to record levels by the beginning of May. Areas along the Mississippi itself |
experiencing flooding include Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. U.S. President Barack Obama declared the western counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi federal disaster areas. For the first time in 37 years, the Morganza Spillway has been opened, deliberately flooding 4,600 square miles (12,000 km2) of rural Louisiana to save most of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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| EVENTS & SPONSORSHIPS |
 | MotoGP World Championship Round 04 – French GP at Le Mans
Stoner and Dovizioso Score Honda One-Two at Le Mans
Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC212V) scored his second MotoGP victory on a Honda in the French Grand Prix to move into second place in the World Championship point standings. Team-mate Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda RC212V) scored a fine second-place finish to secure a brilliant one-two for Repsol Honda. |
| Garden Route Events Calendar |
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- July 01 – Knysna Oyster Festival starts…
- July 02-03 – Knysna Cycle Tour
- July 09 – Knysna Forest Marathon
- July 10 – Wedge Classic Plett
- July 23-Ag 01 – Rastafarian Earth Festival
- July 29-31 – Vodashop George Cheese Festival
For more information on these events, contact Knysna Tourism on Tel.:044 382 6960
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| CUSTOMER FEEDBACK |
We warmly welcome the following new boat owners to our Honda Marine Knysna family:
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| Jan le Roux with Rhoodie |
Wiekus Fraser and his sons |
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| Gert van der Linde with Dave |
Dave with Peter Rimbault |
NB. We sincerely hope that you are enjoying our regular monthly Newsletter. With this in mind should you have a friend or 10 whom you would like to introduce to the world of Honda Marine Knysna then please send us their email addresses… Thank YOU!
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