I want a Cat boat that is light weight for Class 4 plus white water, and one that doesn get punctured easily. What do you recommend?
Weight is an important factor in the higher class of white water. I will assume that there will be a small gear load, and that there is a very limited number of passengers. If this is the case then our standard Cats are usually very adequate for most customers. However commercial operations require a high passenger to guide ratio, and they have a tendency to load their boats much heavier with passengers than do private individuals. For these reasons, and because they can not afford down time, we recommend installation of double bottoms on commercial rafts. Still there are a few companies that run the Upper Animas that do not use double bottoms on their Cat boats, and some of those tubes have 8 years of use. Keep in mind that the Upper Animas has Rail Road Iron, and fresh rock slides. I recommend taking an extra tube in the party even though there is a double bottom on your boat. The double bottoms that we do are very tough. They are designed to take extreme point loading (more about th
