About myself I've been running rivers for many years, only watching from the eddy wishing I could have a boat that was up to cartwheeling and more, so when the opportunity came round to buy a play boat I did extensive research. I wanted a boat that played well but could also get me down a good grade 4 without being eaten alive. About the test environment The Turbo has been put to test on many of my local rivers, the Leven, Kent, Crake, Roeburn, Duddon, Rawthey, Sprint and Clough. Generally quite a wide selection over a 2 year period. I recon that's a reasonable test period! Review On first purchasing the Turbo 52 my initial thoughts were 'if it paddles anywhere near as good as it looks it'll be amazing!'. Unfortunately it didn't to begin with. This is not a boat you can just slip into and paddle like a demon. It took me a good 5 - 6 river days to get...