I floated the lower end of the Sol Duc' a few times in may for springers, I think it was 4 1/2 boards, lowest I have floated it. It was pretty burly, but fun too. At what board do you put away the aluminum and pull out the puma? I knew we were in for a ruff ride because mansfield was the only other boat on the bottom end with us. Basically whats the point of no return! Young and dumb only gets me so far......so help me out? How many boards?