DO NOT PUT YOUR LIFE IN A CHEAP BOAT!!!! If your looking for a good all-around portable boat you want a 10 to 12' inflatable like an achillies or avon with an inflatable keel and floorboards with an 5 to 8HP outboard. I keep mine in the bag in the bed of the truck with the outboard and gas tank and floor panels, whe i want to use it i inflate it with the pump that takes about five minutes and toss it in the lake. The eight HP nissan is all the motor i need and gets it up on plane with two adults within two boatlengths,by the nature of the achillies desighn it's extremely stable and has seperate tubes to insure it's unsinkabity. When i first bought it i lived on the lake erie shore and decided to go to Put-In-Bay,32 NM across in it,i had 2-3' rollers but had terrific ride there and back without any worry or incident,i've used it for flyfishing,sight-seeing,last year i trolled for salmon off Goderich Ont. in lake huron and because of its size and portability it gives me the option to do whatever i want to when i want to. I bough a pair of removable wheels that mount to the transom and made a stainless handle/hitch that connects to my golf cart so i can run it down to lake Temagami for a little bass fishing,the whole thing wors great just remember two things,cheap boats and cheap lifejackets are a poor investment and the best bilge-pump is a scared crewmen and a bucket!!!