I don't have many people who I would honestly call friends. I started racing with the Hobie people and really enjoy hanging out with them, and I didn't want to ditch them for a different boat. The Nacra 17 came highly recomended by a few people. Everyone who has or has sailed the FXone have really liked it as well. I got all that I wanted except people to race with. I working on changing that, but it takes time and like stated before the rising cost of this boat every single day makes it a bit spendy.