Let's see your flotillašŸ˜€

I don't have photos of everything that floats, and a picture of the storage mess that is my garage/shop would be too embarrassing. The inventory goes something like this:
1. Easy Rider canoe;
2. Eddyline Kayak;
3. 16' Lund equipped with jet drive outboard;
4. 10' wooden pram (build photos featured on WFF 2017);
5. Achilles LT2 inflatable;
6. Watermaster Kodiak;
7. Alpacka packraft x 2;
8. Alpacka open floor packraft;
9. Custom 32 oz. float tube;
10. Curtis inflatable raft. I think that's all of 'em.

Dibs on #8 if you ever get rid of it! šŸ˜ Thanks to @BDD ā€™s generosity, I have the teal blue one you used to own. I took it down the Gates of Lodore this fall and ran everything but the Class IV with it. I absolutely loved it! And yes, there was a lot of bailing, lol.

Here it is parked next to the big boats:

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freakin' love my old school Outcast Commander....

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plus my old school Fish Cat....surprised this thing still floats...
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I also have an NRS Pike that I'll take my kiddo out in, but no pics....
 
Love your style Freestone. Float what makes you happy!

ā€œLet's see your flotillašŸ˜€ā€ @Billy


Oh, hell no! Thatā€™s really personal. Iā€™d rather show everyone a pic of my lingerie drawer and that ainā€™t happening either, LOL! I think I only added four boats last year but hey, two were gifts so they donā€™t count, right?

Edit: Oops, 5 boats last yearā€¦
 
I sold my Aire 143D raft as I got out of steelhead fishing.
Sold both of my Outcast pontoons.
Now down to a super fat cat, Outcast commander and my little 8ā€™ raft.
I bought that little raft in 1989 and itā€™s still going strong. Add a thin plywood floor so I can stand up when casting while fishing longer chironomid leaders. One of the best fishing investments Iā€™ve made.
The SFC doesnā€™t get much use now as I really like the commander.
SF

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Here are two of them. Will take a photo of the others when I get home, but wonā€™t bother with my wifeā€™s Mastercraft ski boat. Yes, we have a boat problemā€¦

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Hereā€™s the rest of them and the Boat House storage shed. The Klamath needs to be cleaned. It doubles as a duck taxi during the fall, hence the dinged up prop. I need to put the new prop on.

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@Stonefish for the couple year old clack pic with that horrid sticker on the stern. Full disclaimer, sold the Bristol Bay boat in ā€˜05 after 15 years. Have a couple watermasters to add to the quiver, but donā€™t use them much anymore and donā€™t have pics of them. Damn boats are a sicknessā€¦B2BBC0AD-8B1E-41A7-B59E-73E000D0167A.jpeg27B0744F-2341-4B3A-BCDE-CE011C88D057.jpeg67E42507-43B2-4280-B522-D05581304211.jpegCEF64922-300E-41A1-8D30-03204C465689.jpegB07B3404-5A95-4492-AC6D-C62F07B80533.jpegFA1C4777-8212-4871-BF16-6F5E5F0D0F83.jpeg160EA7C7-B7CA-42C9-9177-FC065CD4153D.jpeg294FC46E-F8C9-4CBB-8758-C6138A1A5478.jpegA8CD345F-34A8-4B42-B5C5-BC2FFA5B076C.jpeg
 
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Dibs on #8 if you ever get rid of it! šŸ˜ Thanks to @BDD ā€™s generosity, I have the teal blue one you used to own. I took it down the Gates of Lodore this fall and ran everything but the Class IV with it. I absolutely loved it! And yes, there was a lot of bailing, lol.

Here it is parked next to the big boats:

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That little RMR is sure loaded to the hilt. I don't see the kitchen sink but it must be in there somewhere.
How did it fare out?
 
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Three fly rods......
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The Shoal Man, loaded for BC
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Beda in her glory days, wish I still had the Bronco (8')
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When I got this boat, it sat on a rusted steel homebuilt pipe trailer. Three times welds on the trailer broke so I bought this EZ Loader trailer as a kit (three boxes).
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Looking for carp


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Not my boat but I was on her when this picture was taken (USS Hector, AR7).
 
That little RMR is sure loaded to the hilt. I don't see the kitchen sink but it must be in there somewhere.
How did it fare out?
The guy that owns the little 10.5ā€™ RMR is a very very experienced boater, as in a current professional (of many years), who has made lots of Grand Canyon trips. He did great in that little boat! Heā€™d go first and show the big rafts and catarafts (14ā€™ to 16ā€™) what line to take. All the boaters on this trip are former whitewater raft guides (including me) so it was a very experienced and fun group. All the big boats hauled group gear, including the huge kitchen set-up, along with the personal gear of those of us in small boats.
 
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The guy that owns the little 10.5ā€™ RMR is a very very experienced boater, as in a current professional (of many years), who has made lots of Grand Canyon trips. He did great in that little boat! Heā€™d go first and show the big rafts and catarafts (14ā€™ to 16ā€™) what line to take. All the boaters on this trip are former whitewater raft guides (including me) so it was a very experienced and fun group. All the big boats hauled group gear, including the huge kitchen set-up, along with the personal gear of those of us in small boats.
Thanks, just curious as I have one as well but have only done two person day floats with it.
 
My little 20 yo Poke Boat; 7' long, ~20lbs, chuck in the back of the van for quick trips or when there's nowhere to use a trailer. (And nope, they don't make them anymore :()
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And my luxury ride; a Hobie Compass. Love, love, love the Mirage Drive 180! Makes trolling backwards a breeze, and has saved a lot of wear and tear on my much-abused rotator cuff.
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Trailer makes launch or load easy.
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My little 20 yo Poke Boat; 7' long, ~20lbs, chuck in the back of the van for quick trips or when there's nowhere to use a trailer. (And nope, they don't make them anymore :()
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And my luxury ride; a Hobie Compass. Love, love, love the Mirage Drive 180! Makes trolling backwards a breeze, and has saved a lot of wear and tear on my much-abused rotator cuff.
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Trailer makes launch or load easy.
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Many years ago I used to see a guy paddling his poke boat UP the Wallace quite a bit!
 
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