The boat takes chop very well, cruises easily 28-30 with the tohatsu 50 and can get up to 34-35. It poles fantastically from my perspective and is extremely quiet. It feels very stable on both the platform and now, and when poling into a shallow creek I kept thinking, I don’t think I’ll get over that, but was wrong most of the time. I doubt it’s the skinniest boat on the market, but it felt like I could get into places I’ve only gone with my paddleboard. For fit and finish, it’s not a Beavertail, but for me it didn’t carry the Beavertail price either. There’s nothing wrong with it worth complaining about from my point of view, just simple and solid.