bugtosser,
I prefer an outboard over an inboard for the fact that if you suck up some rocks and jam up your impeller you can always tilt up the motor and take the boot off and pull all the crap out. kinda hard to do that with an inboard while you're in the water anyway. I'm not sure about the horsepower drop on a sportjet I've heard it does drop a little. good fishing
otis