I had a 17' Sea Ranger with a 90 hp Suzuki. It was a good set up. I bought it at Verle's and Arnie gave me the best advice- 'Buy a boat you can launch and retrieve yourself'. After owning it for almost 20 years, I only sold it because we're down sizing on almost everything and the boat was ready for a new owner to put some tlc into it. I've been out of Barkley in rollers I couldn't see over and never worried about not making it back in. Mr. Arima designed the boat to fish out at the Swiftsure bank and he nailed it.