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I own a 1992 14' Rage and love it. My lake has vast shallow areas where prop boats cannot safely go. My Rage skims the surface with ease and confidence. I've effectively doubled the size of my lake. It's a great feeling when other boaters holding their tillers look over at me in as if I'm crazy for driving it at where I do. And did I mention that it is fast -- about 35-40 mph max I'd say -- way more power than I need. It's a blast to drive, very stable, and can whip around in a turn like a jet ski. It looks great, turns a lot of heads. Although I haven't had any serious problems, its Yamaha 50 was used by Yamaha in their ubiquitous jet skis, so it is reportedly easy to get parts for. (Yamaha pioneered the jet ski, so they knew how to build an engine and a pump.) Finally, I got a great deal on the boat because the Rage's reputation suffered from it's not a traditional Whaler outboard prop boat, so some Whaler traditionalists have disdain for it; and there were problems with OMC and Mercury engines in subsequent models. I much prefer this one to anything else Whaler has *ever* offered in a small boat.