All of this is true. You have to get use to driving one, but you can go in some really shallow water where it is impossible for a prop to go. We shoot on the Tippecanoe River up here which is a shallow, rock bottom and jet props are on 85% of the boats. We can go through rock riffles between deeper water by getting up on a plane. Doing so, we can go through only inches of water. If you buy one new, they go for about $100 a horse.