I don't dare call the thing a cataraft (don't worry you freakin' fanatics). I own a driftboat and want a pontoon boat for occasional use on class 2 and easier water. No lakes, but slow as mud tidewaters. I will mostly use it to get to spots where I'll fish on foot, and probably won't fish much out of the thing. I never plan on standing up in the thing... that's what my drift boat is for! This ain't never gonna be my main ride or replace my drift boat, just an access machine for shuttling across the Deschutes to the "other" side and getting to coastal spots in skinny water.

I weigh 220 lbs, have dark hair, turn ons include hot fish, measurements are thick around the belly :p and was thinking Outcast Pac 9 or Pac 900. If I use this thing maybe a dozen times a year, does it make sense to shell out the extra $400 for the Pac 900 and get the welded seams (Pac 900) instead of stitched seams (Pac 9) on the pontoons? The frames, etc,. between the two seem pretty similar. Are they?

THANKS