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I do not like the Super Sport Limited (SSL) 17 layout. The first thing I noticed when I inspected my boat was that the interior was waterlogged. That is the OE vinyl seats were waterlogged. They weighed a ton. The replacement cost of new vinyl seating was not worth it, especially after I took the SSL out for a ride on Cape Cod Bay. The dual console configuration meant the coxswain sat to starboard. The starboard sitting "driver" is subjected to a very uncomfortable ride in any degree of chop. The Fisher-Pierce/BW company was the first ever boat manufacturer to mass produce a center console configured boat. The SSL is a stark departure in design, probably because of customer complaints in which they demanded more storage and a maintenance free interior (no more polyurethane wood). How about all the storage the Super Sport Limited has to offer? Well, you cannot get access to fuel tanks while underway. That's because the rear hatch when opened makes it really difficult to reach anything, that is unless you are a gymnast. The two plexiglass windshields were a fragile impediment to persons on board, again, in any sea condition that is greater than 1 foot of chop. During my first ride, a passenger used the windshield as a brace when we hit a wave and it broke off. A day later I pulled the interior out - it was late fall season already. By June the next year, I had outfitted the BW17 hull with a traditional FP Nauset/Sakonnet/Eastport mahogany console, pew-style pilot seat, and rear bench seat. If anyone ever visits Fort Lauderdale, the boat is now being used by its current owner as a commercial water taxi. In terms of resale value, the buyer paid more than 3 times what I originally paid for the SSL-configured BW17 boat.