Very good post.... I have had a multitude of boats, from 14 footers to my penn Yann 24 footer, everybody prefers different things for lake o fishing, if I could go back and do it all over again, I would have kept my penn yan. It was awesome lake o boat, I preferred a deeper freeboard penn Hans worked great for me being a taller guy. I worked on a lot of different boats as a first mate, from phoenixs to wellcrafts,penn yan was the best for me, I personally love the 2 boats I decided on my spectrum 176 that I gutted her and completely rebuilt it, and a islander 221 she’s awesome but I got hurt at work so fishing is done right now.... Woody