28 Coastal - Twin Inboard

Originally Posted by sfprovyn

I had an albemarle 27 with straight inboard 350 chevys and my take on the inboards vis a vis outboards is fishing room taken up by motor boxes etc and they are all *** heavy and difficult to dock etc even with twin screws. On the fuel thing they do suck up the gas. On the albemarle it was a toss up as to what to name it...thirsty or double trouble..if I can help it I will never have another inboard or I/O..A friend of mine has a 31 ft lobster boat that he is spending a fortune on with a new cat diesel engine and transmission etc etc etc. and with about 330 hp will be luicky to get 22 mph out of it . I *told him that if it were me I would bracket that puppy and put twin 150's on it *off ebay for $5K and be done with it and shed a few thousand pounds of weight and gain about 10 MPH which would push that old semi-displacement hull at around 32 or so...but thats just me...Frank

You can't efficiently (or even safely) push a displacement hull like that to 32 MPH....22 is pushing it in itself! *They're not designed for it. *People have been killed in Maine during the annual Lobster Boat Races doing that crap. *Rolls right over.

He may be spending some money right now repowering it, but he won't be repowering for a LOOOOOONG time now *;)

Diesel Inboard......single screw......way to go. *Efficient as hell, easy maintenance......longevity.

Yes, the displacement/semi-displacement hulls are slower, so if you want speed, you won't like them. *You'll cruise (on a decent hull) between 16-20 kts. *Difference is, in 6' seas, you'll still be cruising 16-20 kts smoothly while everyone else has white knuckles and is getting beat. * :o

BTW, that 27 Albie you had was the older model where the engines were right in the stern with the box in the way. *i didn't like those either. *The newer Albies are all either straight inboards or jackshafts. *The 248 and 265 are jackshaft, motor is forward, under the deck on the 265, under a convenient box/seat/rocket launcher on the 248. *The 280 (the new 27) is straight inboard, single or dual, motor(s) forward. *Entirely different animals than the old 24 and 27 Albies. *;)