Diesel inboard vs 4 strokes

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Not having a diesal, I'm talking out of school, but if the coin is the same and you don't need the shallow water ability, the Yanmar is a no brainer. The ride will be substantially better and most of the time offshore you can't use the extra speed of the outboards. For example, my 25 is several knots slower at cruise than my old boat (which was considered a good rough water boat). I nearly always get to my destination quicker and better rested in the 25 because the ride is so much better. You should have a lot more range with the diesal. That can be amazingly useful at times. Finally, knowing diesals, if you carry the spare parts, you can usually fix problems yourself, while offshore. That ability has saved my cookies more than once.