Anyone Own A Seaeagle Foldcat?

[FisherCouple]

My wife and I have been researching various small boats and ran across the inflatable SeaEagle Foldcat 375fc. We were hoping to get some feedback from anyone that my already own one of these crafts regarding pros, cons, etc. We intend on using the boat (haven't purchased it yet) on area lakes in Missouri...Table Rock..Pomme de Terre....etc. and floating streams. We were both impressed with information we found online about them...other reviews....etc. Any feedback woud be greatly appreciated.

FisherCouple

Missouri

[SSG]

My wife and I have been researching various small boats and ran across the inflatable SeaEagle Foldcat 375fc. We were hoping to get some feedback from anyone that my already own one of these crafts regarding pros, cons, etc. We intend on using the boat (haven't purchased it yet) on area lakes in Missouri...Table Rock..Pomme de Terre....etc. and floating streams. We were both impressed with information we found online about them...other reviews....etc. Any feedback woud be greatly appreciated.

FisherCouple

Missouri

I Bought my foldcat last year. I used it all last summer and got it out for the first time this year yesterday. This is an excellent boat. I've only used it on lakes, but have been out in some pretty heavy winds/waves. The stability is impressive.

One of the downsides is that it is very light and blows around easily. However, I just bought some skegs to put on and am hoping this mitigates this problem.

The hull material is durable as all get out. I think you would have to be really trying to do any damage to it. I mostly fish by myself, the wife only joins me for exploration outings. This means I drag and man handle it over whatever is there to be dragged over.

The seats are comfortable and the high sitting perspective on the water is nice.

The boat easily accomadates two people w/ gear and my dog (he weighs about 60 pounds).

In reality, w/ an electric pump, the boat takes about 15 minutes to get ready to go (I use an electric motor, so some of the added time is fastening it on, etc--the batterry sits real nice under the elevated rear seat (you acn easily put two batterries on for longer running times--I would recommend something like an optima batterry for longer life and ease of maintenance)

Taking it apart takes 5-10 minutes, tops (it deflates a lot quicker than it inflates).

The alluminum slats that go underneath the alluminum floor planks have plastic plugs on the end. These do not stay in place. I used some duct tape in place of the plugs and that is working just fine.

Finally, this is just a fun boat to own and operate. I would recommend it to anyone, especially if you like to travel and camp as much as I do. We have a camper trailer that gets hauled around behind the truck, so a trailer boat just isn't an option. But even if it was, I'd still go w/ the foldcat.

Frankly, this boat would be a bargain at twice the price.

SSG in Wa State

[creek wader]

I debated a long time between the fold cat and the Sea Eagle inflateable 330 kayak. I bought the kayak and have been pretty happy with it. It's very rugged as I am very rough on my boats on the streams. If I fished lakes more than streams, then I would have bought the fold cat. Instead I fish the streams more, and wanted something more narrow with a lower center of gravity. As with all inflatables your subject to be a little wind blown. Sea Eagle makes a good product.

[flyfish2915]

Did you buy the foldcat?  Do you think it would perform safely on the White River?  I am considering purchasing one, but am having trouble making the decision.