They let my 10 year old son steer the boat for quite some time, and he had a GREAT time with that. The famous Stars and Stripes racing boat was a lot of fun to experience. Though there wasn't much wind for the sails the day we went, the crew was incredibly knowledgeable and had a great attitude to make the whole experience very enjoyable. Though it wasn't billed as a dolphin cruise, we saw MANY of those up very close and even saw a full rainbow on the return. A great memory! The only thing that could have been better was to get a little more wind, but thats certainly not something the crew can control. Highly recommended.