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Thank you JRP, we appreciate it.

We will be pulling the boat with a mini-van for decent distances. In addition, our budget runs in the $10-15k range. We don't head out onto the gulf side of the island and we don't venture out onto the main lake bodies if it's rough. With that, and from what you've said, I think the lean is definitely towards the Montauk 17 as long as we're comfortable in some regards.