I have just gone from a boat with an inboard diesel to one with an outboard. I couldn't be happier with the change. It is an 18hp 2-stroke Tohatsu, an unknown quantity when I picked up the 28' boat in the south of France & brought it back to Plymouth.
It has been a totally reliable starter and runner, and I don't think I'd ever go back to an inboard on a boat of this size or less.