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It's a great idea if you live where I do and there is a lot of shallow water. You can't get the IO's close to the beach without fear of damaging the drive. Been there, done that! The outboard you can get much closer and tilt out of the water. The outboards are also easier to maintain. I would buy a new one in a second...if I could afford one!
I was mainly to referring to the cruisers with outboards that are exposed, like the Regal video that was posted. Not the nice hidden ones that still give you a swim platform like in those pics. I have nothing against outboards.
Except when you hide the outboard and build a swim platform behind it like Yamaha does in Japan!
The pics posted in this thread I believe are hidden outboards.
