I had a 24' Superboat the past few years (purchased from a family member), it had a 300 Promax. Boat really became a part of the family. I grew up boating on Long Island, but my wife never boated, so when we bought the 24'...there was some growing pains as far as enjoying it (we also had a baby about a year earlier). But as time wore on, she really grew to love the boat, and so did my son. At first, getting him on was a crying fit, but then it turned into "ok, I am up from my nap...lets go boating" . Boat was perfect for us...I had some speed for when I went alone, but we could idle around with the baby and just enjoy the beach. Late last year, we started talking about getting something bigger, because only problem was when we had company over, it got very tight on the 24' SB. About a week later I pulled into my neighbors boat slip and saw a new 30' Superboat Centerconsole docked next door....I asked if I could get on it, he took me for a ride and I was hooked on the boat. A few weeks later, I contracted with Superboat to build me a new 30 CC. I took delivery on the boat last week, and now its off to get rigged with twin 250 Mercs. Its my first 'new boat', so pretty excited.....old boat and new boat