One additional thing to consider that people forget with a ski boat (aka, inboard). Where do you boat? Do you frequently need to beach the boat, or do you have submerged sandbars/rocks/shallows? Inboards are not happy ever touching the bottom. They often have tracking fins and obviously a fixed drive system. If you beach your current outboard, you may end up anchoring the inboard offshore and swimming to it every time you want to use it.
(your mileage will vary of course, some lakes might have a steep enough dropoff to allow it. My current lake is less than a foot deep 10 feet from the waters edge. Very inboard unfriendly!)
(your mileage will vary of course, some lakes might have a steep enough dropoff to allow it. My current lake is less than a foot deep 10 feet from the waters edge. Very inboard unfriendly!)
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