couldn't have said it any better my self. dads had a skeeter our first boat and it was a good first boat, but had many problems with it and bought a ranger and you cannot compare the two boats. A Ranger blows the skeeter out of the water in every part of it.
Like sam said, stay away from Evinrudes, get a Mercury!
Everyone is talking about these Phoenix boats but they are hand to hand the same price as a ranger, but rangers have been around for 45 years. Rangers are known as the best boats on the water and id have to agree so if anyone is going to spend the amount of money for a phoenix id most def go with a ranger boat. Bought ours from Dixie Marine in Cincinnati Ohio, great service, cant go wrong
Hope this helps