I don't know if they are similar, but I fished out of a 170 yesterday. I needed a boat and my father in law let me borrow his for the day. Nice rig. It has a Yamaha 50 two stroke on it. I didn't get to open it up, I was on Reelfoot. Even so, it seemed to handle well. I got caught on the opposite side of the lake than the campground. Eighteen inch rollers turned into almost three foot chop and breakers, in a following wind, as I got close to the break wall. I was drawed up a little but never got a drop on me. I'd like to see how it will run out one day, but I'm still impressed with it. It seemed like it had quite a bit of storage, a big front deck on it, and felt real stable up walking around in it. If I had known I was going to write a review I would have paid more attention.:D