I thought Skeeter's program was pretty straight forward. New, larger boats for the full $3,000.00 ($2,000.00 the following year). ANY boat (w/ Yamaha) for the $1,000.00. We averaged 2-3 qualified wins a year; during the Platinum program, we only got $500.00 a pop, with the Skeeter program, we got $3,000.00 a pop (if our boats were a little older, we'd still get $1,000.00 a win under Skeeter), and there were a lot more qualified tournaments.

I noticed down South, there were much better listings of qualified Platinum tournaments. Around here it was very limited. Skeeter covers just about everything around here (22 of the tournaments I'm fishing this year are Skeeter qualified tournaments, all within a 2 hour drive). I think, if this is a factor for some (it shouldn't be as most will never collect a check - buyers should choose a boat on the boat's merits, not contingency programs), people should see what is qualified in their region (and what they consequently fish) when comparing contingency programs.