Thank you for accepting my request to join the group. I bought a 2009 1600 fish hawk and l am very happy with it so far. It has a Merc 50 2 stroke and had a motor guide that I replace with a new Terrova. I live in northern Pa but most of the bigger lakes are a couple hours away. One of the reasons why I bought this boat was I can handle it myself and can is it on some of the local smaller lakes.