I/B, O/B difference?

[alloffroad]

I am fairly new to boating. What is the differance in outboard and inboard and what is a inboard/outboard?

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

Re: I/B, O/B difference?

An outboard is a motor mounted on the transom. An inboard has ever thing in the boat except the prop of course. An I/O has the motor in the boat and an out drive mounted on the transom.

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: I/B, O/B difference?

OB= everything hung off the transom, easy to service, easy to work on, more room inside the boat.

I/O= engine inside bilge compartment, requires a contortionist to do basic maintenance, takes up more space inside boat, automotive engine forced into marine duty against it's will...

Other than that, both are a basic propulsion system for a boat.​

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: I/B, O/B difference?

OB= everything hung off the transom, easy to service, easy to work on, more room inside the boat.

I/O= engine inside bilge compartment, requires a contortionist to do basic maintenance, takes up more space inside boat, automotive engine forced into marine duty against it's will...

Other than that, both are a basic propulsion system for a boat.​

LOL.....Funny but so true !!!!

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

Re: I/B, O/B difference?

OB= everything hung off the transom, easy to service, easy to work on, more room inside the boat.

I/O= engine inside bilge compartment, requires a contortionist to do basic maintenance, takes up more space inside boat, automotive engine forced into marine duty against it's will...

Other than that, both are a basic propulsion system for a boat.​

I like that description a lot better than mine. LOL