Hello, very sorry for the late reply. I did not really know this profile was something I needed to monitor for messages. At any rate maybe this can help someone else. We take up to 6 people on each boat and can handle groups up to 50 or more with multiple boats. we fish 24' bay boats so its best with 3-4 but 5-6 works well too when its calm and we can go out to the oil rigs and fish more vertically.