I think it's a great boat for the money. Big and stout enough to not be a toy and sails quite well.

I've striped mine down (all legal stuff) and made a lot of adjustments. The real gains on this boat are to be had upwind. Downwind there is not a lot of gain with the different adjustments. My boat powers up noticeably faster than all the others....

I wish they would let us have a sail winch instead of the arm type though.