Re: Saturn Mini cats??
Weimed, remember the only reason I couldn't stand to fish is because I poked a hole in my airfloor so never had the chance to... In my Quicksilver, not only could I stand to fish with the airfloor, I also threw a castnet for bunker!!!. It (airfloor) was just barely noticeably different than the wood floor when PROPERLY inflated. Also, I never had a hole in the QS airfloor in 6 years (luck or durability? Dunno, but it is a fact!). The performance difference (at least in my Quicksilver, properly inflated) was NOT as big as some would have you believe. The biggest difference is tracking/ boat handling. The wood floor running length of the keel gives it more purchase and you don't go sliding/ drifting in turns... especially unpredictably since you never knew when bite would become slip/ vice versa when doing performance maneuvers. Speed and time to speed (throttle response actually favored the air floor in my set up. Weight and set up put it over the top and it is why the wood floor rarely saw the light of day on the quicksilver unless I had something specific in mind. I hope when I have the current issue behind me, the Saturn air floor performs in the same ball park as the QS. I suspect the Merc has a build quality advantage over the Saturn but for my needs the Saturn still is the better boat for me (at least on paper... time will bear that out).
The crappie spine comment above echos my greatest fear in that the Saturn airfloor will turn out to be simply not as rugged as that made by Mercury. At which point an AL floor is in my future.
