boat motor type?

lennysax

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"Whether you have an inboard, a stern drive, or an outboard, you'll also have to winterize the drive system."<br />As a boat novice, I am confused by the seeming contradictions by motor types {other than out boards}. Some instructions distinguish between an inboard engine, some an I/O some stern drive. <br />Who's on first? Lennysax
 

gsnyder

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Jun 23, 2002
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Re: boat motor type?

Lennysax--I saw a similar statement in one of the Boating magazines, and it took a couple of seconds for the concepts to sink in. An I/O is obvious: an engine connected to an external drive that acts similar to an outboard. An "inboard" is like a Ski Centurion, Malibu Skier,old mahogany Tahoe boats, aircraft carriers and ocean going tankers: the engine sits inside the boat, and a shaft connects the engine(s) directly to a propeller(s) which is attached under the boat. The shaft is fixed; it does not turn or tilt like an outdrive. The article on winterizing applies to any boat motor that sits unused on a trailer (or cradle) during the winter, and as outboards, I/O's and inboards are all trailerable, winterizing would apply to each.
 
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