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Mr. Luddite

On 3/29/2014 12:27 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 03:17:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, March 29, 2014 1:56:20 AM UTC-7, wrote:

I imagine he is just trying to stir up some actual boating content. It

is a shame he has to dig that deep to find it.

I am not sure we still have any I/O guys here tho.

Personally I think they are "trailer boat only" in most applications.

I am not sure I want to keep rubber parts below the water line on a

boat that stays in the water around here.

Hey, these ancient posts have a wealth of info. and I'm enjoying them .

Greg, I could switch over to outboards, I've had a few of those too.

?;^ )

Now that the 4 strokes are getting better, there is very little
advantage to an I/O.
My mother's family all ran "Bay Built" work boats with inboards and I
thought an I/O was the best of both worlds until I got down here.
The ones I was familiar with on the Chesapeake were still trailer
boats. Down here the only I/Os you see are "go fasts" with big block
V-8s that seldom get wet.

Unless things have changed in the last few years I can think of one
significant advantage of an I/O. What's the price of a 200-300hp four
stroke outboard compared to the cost of an I/O setup? Not that I like
I/Os, but they are cheaper. Or used to be.