I just finished a Marissa.. the wife calls it the wreck cause it was in her driveway for 4 years due to the lack of a heated garage and no work on it in the cold weather... buy the kit and save yourself some headache. Lots of cuts that aren't well explained to a newbe even though it is old hat to someone who has built before. Make sure your marriage is strong and get a bottle of gin if your building with out the kit... ( it's the only way to get up the courage to make some of the cuts and fix it later) the plans are over layered like a drunk guy tried to thump them all down at once on a limited space on 16 foot of rice paper x 4 feet wide so, it is best to be drunk when your reading them... ( on the old drawings only half of the console is there) OK. Here is the good news.. if your one in a hundred and you finish with your wife still in tow then you have an awesome boat.. rides high, weighs nothing 1200 pads with fuel and motor 40hp turn on a dime and gets up on plane in 2 seconds at half throttle. Don't change a thing on the designA