I built this boat for a friend of the family and I highly recomend it. Too bad Prather is no more. Quite straightforward with no hickups. Very inexpensive as well. Being that the hull is hollow make sure that you put plenty of foam inside so that in case of a collision ie: a cracked hull and leak, you dont go down to Davy Jones. Obviously a good place to run your fast boats is a neccesity. Sometimes you have to get out a map and look for all the bodies of water indicated and then go and investigate.