Another great video Sean! One further pro for an outboard configuration is the additional storage space available inside the boat where the Inboard might have been sitting:)
I would choose outboard (although mine is i/o presently), for ease of winter-storage here in cold Ontario; and I can’t get over how the newer ones are whisper quiet! But to each their own. Great video once a plain. Thanks. 🇨🇦👍🏼
I think reliability should also be considered. On average outboards will fail and need repair more often and those repairs in the first 5 years after the warranty expires will cost about 3 times as more then a sterndrive. Mercury sells a insurance product that you can buy, it's called MPP -- Mercury Product Protection. This is a little like an extended warranty, it just doesn't cover as many problems and has a deductible each time you use it. Mercury sets the price on these and because they sell both I/Os and O/Bs, we can compare how much they think the average repairs in the 5 years after warranty expires will cost them. 300 HP outboard 5 year MPP plan $8,460.00 300HP sterndrive 5 year MPP plan $2,700.00 That's more then 3 times the cost to insure the O/B then the I/O! Also you can buy a 7 year plan on I/Os but only a 5 year plan on O/Bs. Makes me wonder if the breakdowns and repair in years 6 and 7 are going to cost soo much that Mercury doesn't want to insure them?
Another great video Sean! One further pro for an outboard configuration is the additional storage space available inside the boat where the Inboard might have been sitting:)
I like outboards. The big plus for me is safety………no engine in enclosed bilge with possibly fuel fumes and a spark. 🔥
I would choose outboard (although mine is i/o presently), for ease of winter-storage here in cold Ontario; and I can’t get over how the newer ones are whisper quiet! But to each their own. Great video once a plain. Thanks. 🇨🇦👍🏼
Thanks. Hello from São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷.
Really like your videos. Straightforward, with great info.
I think reliability should also be considered. On average outboards will fail and need repair more often and those repairs in the first 5 years after the warranty expires will cost about 3 times as more then a sterndrive.
Mercury sells a insurance product that you can buy, it's called MPP -- Mercury Product Protection. This is a little like an extended warranty, it just doesn't cover as many problems and has a deductible each time you use it. Mercury sets the price on these and because they sell both I/Os and O/Bs, we can compare how much they think the average repairs in the 5 years after warranty expires will cost them.
300 HP outboard 5 year MPP plan $8,460.00
300HP sterndrive 5 year MPP plan $2,700.00
That's more then 3 times the cost to insure the O/B then the I/O!
Also you can buy a 7 year plan on I/Os but only a 5 year plan on O/Bs. Makes me wonder if the breakdowns and repair in years 6 and 7 are going to cost soo much that Mercury doesn't want to insure them?
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