Grady I've owned a 20ft Tri pontoon boat for 7 yrs now and I've also own 4 V hulls in the past, I have to admit that it's the best of all of them. I bought it new with a 60 horse EFI Merc, it has a 24 gal built in gas tank and gets great gas mileage. I use mine mainly for fishing. I do a lot of trolling for Walleyes in the spring and the engine doesn't load up. It's been used for skiing and tubing with no problems. With three pontoons I can have uo to 12 people on her. My brother though I was nuts when I bought it, he owns a 18Ft V hull, but after being out it her a few times we use mine all the time. I fish out of Mud Bay Cape Vincent NY, on lake Ontario and have had her out in 6ft waves with no problems they do handle rough water very well there is no pounding or slapping a much smoother ride. I just recently joined, so I hope this helps there's a web site Avalonpontoons.com that have some good boats and info.