Just wanted to give you my opinion based on the past year of driving my new Pantera II Bass Cat. This boat fits my style of fishing, the ride is great and even just fishing, the boat is stable and doesnt rock around when someone walks to the edge. The 200 Pro XS is excellent on fuel mileage. It gets the Cat up on the pad quickly and runs off and leaves my R boat buddies. It really like to run on top of the chop. After a ride in my boat my fishing buddies say they would buy a P2. When I was ordering mine, BassCat recommended the tandem axle trailer and I am glad I did. You may not notice the difference in the first few years but later you will. Cant go wrong with a Mercury! I think you would be very happy with any BassCat but my preference is Pantera II.