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Yup. V-hull. Deep V, I say. Flat and tri-hull boats will beat you to death. Even on smooth water, usually.
I/O is "Inboard/Outboard." That's where the engine is a permanent fixture inside the boat, at the back. The drive unit pokes out of the rear of the boat and then plunges downward into the water, with the propeller on the bottom.
Dan is right about a lot of things, and this is one of them. Outboards are WAY spunkier than I/O's. An 85 hp outboard will DESTROY a 165 hp I/O. Outboards are finicky though, and MUST be taken to the pros for tuning. Once per year, really. They are high-strung engines. They are engines the size of a breadbox that make a hundred horsepower. Or maybe the size of a medicine ball that make 300 hp. In any case, they are not engines you tune in your backyard with a screwdriver.
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