remember that crestliner built the aluminum cherokee for ranger. i have a cherokee 117 with a 70hp. it will run approx 42 mph and is stingy on gas. ran it three days on patoka and only used 10 gals of gas. fished rough water not a problem used a drift sock to slow us down.just not enough storage, rod lockers won't hold a 7 foot rod. won three club tournaments against bigger and faster boats in the cherokee. sorry ranger doesn't offer aluminum boats any longer. my first boat was a tracker deep v-17 with a 40 hp. both are good boats just depends on how you want to spend.