high'n'dry
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2008
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Re: inboard vs outboard, whats your preference and why?
Most of my boating is on big water, saltwater, I much prefer an outboard on smaller hulls below 24 to 26 feet, above that I would begin to favor an inboard. I would not have an I/O, it marries the worst of an inboard to the worst of an outboard and in this case the sum of the whole is way less than either.
As to low transoms, there are other thoughts on that, some boats like the Outrage 18 and various other Boston Whalers purposely have low transoms to quickly drain water since the boats are designed to be unsinkable, there is no way to put enough water on board to sink a Boston Whaler. It simply drains out the back, over the sides and the remainder clears through the scuppers.
Stern anchorage in any place where seas or current may occur is simply a very bad thing to do and very amateurish. That is a very good way to capsize any boat.
Most of my boating is on big water, saltwater, I much prefer an outboard on smaller hulls below 24 to 26 feet, above that I would begin to favor an inboard. I would not have an I/O, it marries the worst of an inboard to the worst of an outboard and in this case the sum of the whole is way less than either.
As to low transoms, there are other thoughts on that, some boats like the Outrage 18 and various other Boston Whalers purposely have low transoms to quickly drain water since the boats are designed to be unsinkable, there is no way to put enough water on board to sink a Boston Whaler. It simply drains out the back, over the sides and the remainder clears through the scuppers.
Stern anchorage in any place where seas or current may occur is simply a very bad thing to do and very amateurish. That is a very good way to capsize any boat.