For my part, I'm such a newbie I've got a long way to go before I get to race. Never-the-less it is like chrismas. the boat is fantastic and fully operational one-up. Robbie and the whole crew were great to work with putting the boats togeather, and getting out to water. I spent most of the time on the water sticking to fundamentals and hanging on for dear life. Flying a hull alone was a new experience. Flying one with a chute was even more of an out-of-body experience. Big learning curve here to take advantage. The only problem is now I can't focus on anything but how to get back out there.