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This Diamond Plate Fishing Floor allows easy in and out while negotiating the craft with swim fins.

Splash over is accomodated via side port for fast recovery of hydraulic loading.

Sweet boat!  Nice Oars

This frame features Ported Floors.  Ported Floors allow reduced water column loading since the forces associated this concept are enough to swamp the boat.  Not allowing for the flow through water prevents the boat from recovering from an event.  Not allowing for the boats recovery means someone is going for a swim.  

Cats that never experience whitewater ...may...? never experience this type of loading.  However, if your cat floors don't offer this feature, you should rethink the vendor.

A Note on Floors. 

 Nobody beats us on full floors....Nobody.  However, there is usually no reason for a full floor in a whitewater configuration.  Recent events in Central Florida and East Texas suggest the gator population is getting uppity and leaving the underside of a cataraft a vulnerable to ankle nipping......  Better Armor Up. 

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Scouting Bars (Partial Longitudinal Floor Segments) are a means to partially occupy the space adjacent to a CataRaft  longitudinal centerline.  With adequate bottom chord width, this allows the RowPerson to project the lower body through the bottom of the cat in shallow slow moving water.   However, If your headed to gator country, these are not recommended.  Email for details.

RaftThigh Frame Diagram
All Dimensions Are Centerline...For Customer Transmission Of Information of Inflated Boat / Frame Centered.


                      

First item:  Bag of 100 Qty. Set Screws, 5/16" Nominal Diameter NC Thread 3/8" Long Cup Point,18-8 Stainless, $ 23.00 includes Shipping And Insurance.   Why Stainless?  In the Presence of Water/Electrolite, Steel Screws In Aluminum Corrode And Sieze and Render the Fitting Useless.  


Second Item: Quick Assembly Pins, 5/16"  $1.25/ea; Plated Steel (Stainless Is Available But Not Cost Efficient)


Third Item:  Spare 1 1/2 Pipe Tee 1 Qty. $9.00,  Unit Weight .48#, Add Parcel Freight.  Tube illustrated Is The Aluminum Bushing To Convert Fitting To 1 1/4" Pipe (1.66" O.D) $1.00/ea

Fourth Item: Bean Counter Corner Elbows:  Four for $100 (service the 1.5" ANSI pipe size)

Mitered Slip-Over Corners are also available for the 1.25" pipe size on the tee fotting page