ColRon wrote:Source of the post Rick, I guess that shows everywhere is different and everyone mileage varies so to speak. Down here in the mid south we don’t typically pull our boats out of the water for the winter. While the 3067 is technically trailerable, I didn’t have the ability to trailer it so it stayed in the water year round. That also meant whenever it was pulled, it was put in a lift and slings to pull it. That alone was a $600 cost, not including the cost any maintenance or repair work. When I sold it, I had the outdrives serviced and one of the outdrives was replaced under warranty, my cost $2100. (Parts were covered under the warranty, but not labor, I had just had both drives replaced the previous year at a cost of $12k). The least amount I ever paid was $800 to get it serviced. So like they say I guess it’s all, location location location.
To be clear. When I had the Bayliner I rack stored the boat so it only sat in the water when it was being used. The out-drives still looked like new when I sold the boat after 12 seasons. Rack storing inside a building really keeps any boat looking like new a lot longer. I would agree that inboards are a much better power system for any boat that is kept in the water seasonally or like you all year.
The truth is if you leave an I/O boat in the water all year or season long there will be corrosion issues especially with Mercury drives. I've been told that Volvo's tend to hold up better than Merc's for boats that spend a lot of time in the water'
Again, it's just my personal preference. If I were looking at two identical boats one with I/O's and one with inboards I would gravitate towards the I/O boat. I have more experience with I/O's. Of the ten boats I have owned in my lifetime, not counting inflatables, 2 were inboards, 2 were outboards and 6 were I/O's.