Maiden voyage today, tried to submit a review, but server will not let me. in any event, I found the Cobra Navigator XF a good boat for my purposes, but surprizingly did not turn as easily as a Tarpon 160 I had tried earlier, but it did track just as well and was fairly fast but did require a bit of effort. Can't complain though for the price I paid. I think I will still get a Tarpon maybe next year.