Thank you for all the responses and advices, I pulled a trigger and got a gas boat, got a used Zelos 48", figured I need to start somewhere and learn it, learn how to tune the engine, learn how to rescue the boat when the engine dies.......so I get a used boat considering I'm going to break something and need to replace the parts for the boat since I'm messing with it, worst come to worst use the hull and rebuild from scratch.