James,

That day in upper EF I was following a buddy in his kayak. It was a combo whitewater/fishing trip in late winter and we were traveling light. I normally don't like to fish the EF so far up as I feel those fish have earned their peace making it that far. It was more of a scenic tour as I had never done it before nor since. My buddy ran everything in the EF that day, still does, while there were several spots I couldn't/wouldn't. Horseshoe was one of them. The Bucks Bag Bronco is 32 lbs - empty. The way the frame was I could rest it on my shoulders, fully assembled and "Back-pack" it with the stern up. You could also rope it around some of the stuff. The roughest water I ran with it had to be the Trestle area. I stayed in the thing and hugged the south side. I got wet but I was still sitting on the boat at the bottom. That didn't always work out so well for me in some of the rapids.
The Bronco was an excellent size pontoon boat for what I liked to do. I sold it to one of the guys on here not too long ago. I have messed around some with kayaks lately but don't enjoy them as much - too bloody cold/wet!
x