a couple of us picked up a 98 echelon, i knew they made some into 98 but it is on the diamond hull, so its really a response with a echelon deck on it, they must of had some left over decks from 97 to use up on the 98 we just got stargazer put in, and cleaned up, ours runs strong with 600+ hours, we do have to put some counter weight in, the boat lists bad with only one person in the boat