We are vacationing on Torch lake this week and I wanted to share what happened on Sunday. We were out at the sand bar area which is 12 miles from the cottage rental. It was a pretty nice day with partly sunny skies. At about 3:30 the police were announcing a storm from the east was coming and advised everyone to leave immediately. There were four of us on the Benny and we were under way in a few minutes. The seas quickly got worse and we were in 2-1/2 foot waves in no time and we were all getting soaked. I decided to see how she would take the waves at full throttle instead of the bouncy slow cruise. It was really crazy how the Benny was able to glide right over the tops of the waves and we stopped getting spayed. We were passing speed boats that were just getting pounded and other pontoons taking water over the bow. I’m here to say I was able to throughly test out the under skinning and the sound integrity of the Benny. We never felt one surge or shake that made it feel unsafe. I’m glad I had the chance to really test out the quality construction of a Bennington. It’s nice to know it’s there when we really need it.