I had a 16' Duroboat for 3 yrs-good boat well made-welded vs riveted! Now have a 16' Crestliner Canadian-5x the boat a Duroboat was- all welded-more stable-stouter-a great boat for the sound. Not made for the straits, but really good in conditions up to 15 kts. Easy to launch/recover by myself-has 30 hp 4 stroke Nissan-does 20 knts wih 2 people!