Just about everybody has an opinion on this one. Imho serious boats 25' or
bigger, especialy in salt water, are better off with a pure inboard. It has
the minimum hardware in the water. Trailer boats could be any of the three
depending on what you will do the most. If your a big slalom ski enthusiast
then you want an inboard ski boat. Great launch and low wake. But
expensive. If general purpose running around, swimming, skiing, wake
boarding, tubing, etc then an io does well and is economical to buy. And
outboard is less suited because it is in the way where you would like to
have a full swim platform. But if fishing is your main gig then the
outboard is fine. If you want a go fast boat then you're back to the i/o.
Don't let anyone try to tell you an outboard is simpler. Once they were but
not any more. Todays outboard 2 or 4 stroke is pretty complicated.


"HugYourPug" wrote in message
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What are the relative merits of each. I have been looking at some boats
and the
inboards seem to offer a lot more boat for the money, but a lot of people
buy
outboards, so there must be some merit there. Fishing, cruising and skiing
are
the objective.