I've just done the entire Tall ships race in the Baltic armed with a cheap Chinese Fiddle which I'd like to report has stood up very well. It has fiddled the ship (Pegasus) into and out of every port. Has been played at sea. Has done a dozen ships concerts and singarounds and has been used to accompany every shanty and sea song I know. I wouldn't have taken any of my more delicate instruments but this one has held up brilliantly!