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Outboards are designed to kick up when they make impact, so if you drag it over the bottom slowly there is much less risk of damage.

Bumping into a submerged rock (or any bottom really), if severe enough to bend the prop or F*** up the drive shaft will at best be tremendously expensive, at worst total the boat outright. An inboard has the prop and drive shaft directly under the bottom of the boat. If you have a rocky and hard bottom, on like a northern glacial lake, a big consideration is the worst-case-scenario of running aground on a rock. And even the most salty captains will have to adjust to unfamiliar types of water. Everybody makes mistakes in unfamiliar waters. Next, consider what the bottom content and contour of your body of water is. What runs great in salt will also run in fresh, but what runs in fresh won't run so happy in salt. Freshwater removes that consideration, so it opens up your choices. Salt water is a lot harsher on the metal components and makes them corrode quickly with exposure. If you intend to only use it on fresh water, that sort of opens up your options equally to each of the three main configurations. What boats you see out there predominantly, what the dealers are selling, what and craigslist have listed, and what types of engines and configurations the local mechanics mostly work on should give you and indication as to what is popular and therefore useful/practical on your local body of water. The body of water that you are in can really influence whether and inboard or an outboard is better, along with most of the whole configuration of the boat. Talk to people, or just observe what you see to be the more popular types of boats for the area. Go to some marinas, or some launch ramps, and ask around. I would say first, check out the area that you plan on boating in. You have to consider the totality of what you plan on doing with it.

I've said this in comments before, but whereisrichardparker is right on by saying that we need more factors for your use. Almost every boat has a practical and useful purpose for its specific owner and place of operation. )įYI many manufacturers are getting away from I/Os for several reasons, EPA regs foremost amongst them as well as the current providers of power plants are drying up, especially GM.Īll of the information in this thread is good but when I read it, it all sounds like everyone is coming from different geographic areas/personal preferences/personal uses/price ranges. ( There are certain brands of boats that make me just cringe when I see them pull in around winterization time. Oil changes on an I/O can be a hassle, especially if the craft surrounding the powerplant was manufactured by a company that hates marine techs ! yet.īut, but it was in a friends heated farm shed all winter ! ( owner discovered friend forgot to check the sheds propane tank and had no idea how long it had sat empty during a nasty cold spell ). Just finished replacing an engine in a craft we sold new in 2013, it hadnt even had its 20 hr. I/Os depending on where you live have issues you simply cannot ignore if you live in a colder zone, they have to be winterized, and if you are not mechanically inclined, you will have an expensive lesson on why.

Second, the new injected two strokes and four strokes are very fuel ( and oil ) efficient engines, like their injected automotive brethren they are also simply turn a key and go. First of all, its far easier to maintain an outboard.