Agreed...while a car would be cool, it would still make me feel much better to get to fellow anglers "Yah I won this boat in the Salmon Derby." while you are at the docks, or on the water with it. Not in a bragging way or anything, but it would just make me feel alot more proud.
Plus, in 5 years that Toyota's gonna be a rusted piece of crap, where as your boat will still be just fine...