Miss Sweden
Yes, personally I would opt too for those applications. Probably you are familiar with Paul Bezzi's SDS - I worked closely with his comapny in 1995/6 when I was designing a 63 mtr motoryacht with a triple SDS drivetrain - later on this configuration had been used on "Golden Eye" and unfortunately the naval architect of that particular boat errored gravely in the weight calculation so this drive failed to reach it's supposed target.
The main disadvantage of such a configuration is the very poor manoeuvrability at low speeds. For the rest: there is almost no better propulsion thinkable.
A side problem is the difficulty of trimming during driving the boat at it's top speed. Driving an SDS means that you start with lowering the shafts and gradually bring them up till the engines reach their max rpm.
At speeds lower, much lower than 80 mph it is quite possible, but not for the every day's amateur.
At higher speeds, you have to be a proficient driver, almost equalling a F1 driver so, the complex system might be a bit too much for the everyday's boater.
But technically spoken, yes I agree, an SDS or ZF system would be much preferrable.