EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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    The undersigned directors and officers of Brunswick Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Peter B.
Hamilton and Victoria J. Reich and each of them individually, the true and
lawful attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, with power to act with or
without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as directors and officers
of the Company, the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998 and any and all amendments thereto; and each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and approves all that said attorneys or any of them
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney in one or more counterparts on the date set opposite his or her name.

  Capacity                         Signature                   Date
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Chairman of the Board,          /s/ Peter N. Larson       February 9, 1999
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Chief Executive Officer         Peter N. Larson
(Principal Executive
Officer) and Director


Executive Vice President        /s/ Peter B. Hamilton     February 9, 1999
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and Chief Financial Officer     Peter B. Hamilton
(Principal Financial Officer)


Vice President and Controller   /s/ Victoria J. Reich     February 9, 1999
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(Principal Accounting Officer)  Victoria J. Reich


Director                        /s/ Nolan D. Archibald    February 9, 1999
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                                Nolan D. Archibald

 
Capacity                         Signature                         Date
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Director                 /s/ Jeffrey L. Bleustein             February 9, 1999
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                         Jeffrey L. Bleustein


Director                 /s/ Michael J. Callahan              February 9, 1999
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                         Michael J. Callahan


Director                 /s/ Manuel A. Fernandez              February 9, 1999
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                         Manuel A. Fernandez


Director                 /s/ Peter Harf                       February 9, 1999
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                         Peter Harf


Director                 /s/ Jay W. Lorsch                    February 9, 1999
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                         Jay W. Lorsch


Director                 /s/ Bettye Martin Musham             February 9, 1999
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                         Bettye Martin Musham


Director                 /s/ Kenneth Roman                    February 9, 1999
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                         Kenneth Roman


Director                 /s/ Robert L. Ryan                   February 9, 1999
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                         Robert L. Ryan


Director                 /s/ Roger W. Schipke                 February 9, 1999
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                         Roger W. Schipke

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                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                   -----------------

    The undersigned director of Brunswick Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Peter B. Hamilton
and Victoria J. Reich and each of them individually, the true and lawful
attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, with power to act with or without the
others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned as director of the Company, the Annual
Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998
and any and all amendments thereto; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves all that said attorneys or any of them shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney on
February 15, 1999.

                                    /s/ Rebecca P. Mark
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                                    Rebecca P. Mark