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If the OP had posted a picture of his engine, I don't think anyone would have been confused. I think the OP has just been looking at...

It would have been handy to mention that in your opening post, because a 3 litre Mercruiser is a petrol engine, rather than the TDI that...

The best boat is the one you can comfortably afford to buy and run.

And then he can just label the switches, torpedo launchers, or similar.

Surely this kind of drunken rambling should be in the Lounge?

The AMT200 looks like a really nice boat, especially with the ouboard - it sounds perfect for the way you are going to be using it...

Yep, I agree and as I said at #4 I am not anti-drives having owned three boats with them but I do acknowledge that they are more likely...

And to be even fairer, outdrives aren't expensive to repair or replace, as spares are easy to come by. Unlike MS 3/4 gearboxes which...

And what was the average price of those boats at SIBS? Obviously if you have the luxury of being able to afford a brand new boat, you...

"I'm somewhat torn between Open/Hard Boat and RIB, as mentioned probably one of the biggest factors is a boat in which nobody feels...

I'm not sure I'd want an old poorly maintained outboard that needs money spending on it, rather than an old poorly maintained outdrive...

Its not simply a question of desirability making outboards more expensive than their sterndrive alternatives, its the actual cost of...

20km each way is an awfully long way to go in a small boat - things can get very uncomfortable very quickly and you don't want to be...

Boats with a single outdrive (or outboard) tend to wander left and right at low speed due to not having a rudder, which leads to the...