reverse on any boat is not a good idea unless your boats waterline is very high you are asking for water to get in(water is very dynamic and will get in) with cable drives that would be even worse as the cable is wound one way and depending on your motor and batts, even a small blip can do you in but i dont see a problem with wire drives. reverse is best with retrival boats we know that but not for are FE boats. In FE cars reverse is not even allowed if you have it you have to disable it if you want to race. think of a FE car going in reverse out of a spin out or rut and having the entire field smash into you because of it? same with FE boats everyones turning right and you joe blow are reversing because you over compensated, not pretty