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If you want an all around kick ass pontoon boat that will take on very rough water yet is till very packable look towards the Outcast Pac 900. It is a 9 footer with stainless steel powedercoated frame, and heavy duty welded seam pontoons. Spend the extra $150 and get the the Cataract oars and you will be all set.

I'm not sure of the exact price but with the upgrade oars you are looking at around $1300 for a boat that can be put together in 5 minutes and can run some nasty whitewater. I have ran the Hoh from Spruce Creek all the way down to 101 in that boat without a problem. That section may not have terribly difficuly water but I have little epxerience on the oars and it got me through that water very easily.

Outcast is a division of Puma/Aire and stands behind their product. The 900 comes with a 10 yr. warranty.

Outcast Boats

Now I we just need to sit back and wait for 69'er to pop in and tell us how Outcasts suck and to buy a cataraft. [edit]Damn it! He beat me to it!![/edit]

[ 01-27-2002: Message edited by: RPetzold ]