Just picked it up on my way home from work. My LHS had one on backorder for me since July, and as soon as it came in the door, they called me!
Darin, congrats on being involved with another really nice boat... it was well worth the wait and I am looking forward to a test run a bit later this week!
A few observations:
- Hatch seems to be made of the same material as the Geico but feels a bit thicker/stronger and with flotation built in
- Front hatch pin area is sealed on the hull side just like MG
- No shear bolts on the rudder (mounting system precludes it). Hitting somthing may be expensive...
- Battery trays are much longer then the Geico
- In my opinion, looks really good in white and the graphics are actually very nice
- Paint finish and fiberglass is flawless on mine, although sponsons look like they could still benefit from blueprinting (a few minor concave areas)
Cheers;
Eric
Darin, congrats on being involved with another really nice boat... it was well worth the wait and I am looking forward to a test run a bit later this week!
A few observations:
- Hatch seems to be made of the same material as the Geico but feels a bit thicker/stronger and with flotation built in
- Front hatch pin area is sealed on the hull side just like MG
- No shear bolts on the rudder (mounting system precludes it). Hitting somthing may be expensive...
- Battery trays are much longer then the Geico
- In my opinion, looks really good in white and the graphics are actually very nice
- Paint finish and fiberglass is flawless on mine, although sponsons look like they could still benefit from blueprinting (a few minor concave areas)
Cheers;
Eric
Many of you are already very familiar with the hull from the C5000 (R?) Geico so I won't go into those details.... I think we would all agree that this boat design is a thing of beauty!! I'm not going to lie....I stare at this boat...alot! I think it makes my Wife uncomfortable. I will mention that Proboat did add a piece of styrofoam underneath the canopy hatch (I believe someone else here already mentioned this). I do not have the Geico so my comparison is based on the feed back on this forum from those of you that own the Geico. Regarding the hatch, I think the Mystic hatch is a bit thin, but what do I know?! I know that I always use hatch tape. 
I don't have half the experience or know how as many of you. But, even I can see that the hardware on this boat is much improved from previous proboat models! Many of the mods you Gents did to your Geicos (offset rudder, strong motor/ esc, stainless steel prop) has already been done to this boat. Score! Now for in the water thoughts - First thing I did was pull the shaft and slapped as much grease on as I could. I put my new sr200 marine receiver in added some turnigy 2s 5000mah lipo (40c) batteries. I taped the hatch and in the water it went. I got 4 or 5 runs in over the weekend....I could immediately tell that the handling of this boat is amazing!! I don't have a gps but I will tell you this boat flys across the water effortlessly! I would have to agree with the guy from Horizon that did a review of this boat on Youtube....as much as you push this boat it is surprisingly stable and simply sticks to the surface of the water. I experienced very little porpoising at about 3/4 throttle from time to time. May have just been the water I was kicking up. I did NOT experience the dreaded porpoising that the Geico had before many of you "tuned" them (I've seen your videos) . In my opinion, the boat gets on plane very quickly and can accelerate through corners unlike other RTR boats. 
It almost sounded like something was binding, and yet there didn't seem to be any drop off on speed. ? I'm going to run it again this evening after I give it another grease job. Heck, maybe I'll get some video. 
This was along winded and a bit wordy but I hope it gives you a sense of what this boat is like.
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