Hi guys i got my monsoon about 4mounths ago an i have to say its my first sailboat an i have found it to be a lot of fun there are a cupple of things i dont like about it (1) is the resever its a cheap thing an i dont think its going to last very long as it is open at both ends witch means it is lieble to getting wet all though i put it in a ballon to keep it dry. The othere thing i didant think was very goog was the foam around the hatch i took it of as i found that it was takeing a lot of water an i found bye puting petroleum jelly around the hatch an then tapeing it up with weter prof tap it has fixed this problem. The othere thing i have done is to get rid of the string an i have used wire trace this has made it a very good boat in big winds. All in all i think this is a very good boat for beginers. I like it enuff to bye one for my brother of Xmas an now we have a lot of fun with the both of them.