A good friend of mine bought one last year, 15 ft with a 15 hp. He fishes Southworth, Pt. Defiance, Hood Canal, Columbia river, Wind river with no problems. Takes pretty good water. The only complaint he has had, was when he put his downriggers on a gunnel mount, the side of the boat really flexed under the weight of the ball. He wound up making a mount that bolts to the floor and goes up to the gunnel that provides a platform for the downrigger that takes some of the weight of the side of the boat.