Southern Comfort: OXE diesel outboards debut in the Gulf

A Trio of 300-hp OXE diesel outboards is driving one red snapper fisherman’s profitability. It’s June on the coast of Louisiana, the temperature never drops below 80 and rises fast with the sun, but it’s not too bad in the shade of the shelter roof on James Bruce’s 41-foot aluminum hull, grouper, and snapper boat. “The roof is blue for a reason,” Bruce says, pointing up. “So, when the heat reflects off this white deck, it doesn’t reflect back down on you.”