Great piece of equipment. Basically its a jon boat on roids. Extremely stable platform. Can be outfitted with various equipment from firefighting to diving / rescue equipment. Light weight handles very well. I will caution you that if you purchase one with the Jet Pump drive, much like a Sea Doo, if you dont have power you dont have steering. Only takes something like 4-5 inches for the entire boat to float. Jet Pump drive will suck up debri and spit it right back out. Good on low end torque for pulling, not really made for running wide open as Lake enforcement boat. Will hold something like 4-5 250lb men on 1 side. I can tell you I have personaly tried this and exceeded the limit and the opposite side never came out of the water. Can be hooked together with other rescue 1 to form a barge type search platform etc.