With three reasonably lumpy guys on board, we flew up to 70km/h easily. The Image’s pontoon hull cuts through large wakes with ease, with little of the banging lift that some pontoons tend towards, and imparted the usual excellent stability while at rest. The 17-degree deadrise means this boat hangs in the fiercest corners, and I must have provoked Dean when I asked if the pontoons added to sideways slippage. He insisted on proving the contrary the hard way and our companion Russell, although warned, was actually unable to hold on and flew across the cockpit sole looking startled.