Hello Larry,

By now my S16 must be the most used and abused SOAR on the planet. It just made its second Grand Canyon trip together with 3 other newer SOARs (all Canadians) and 4 US friend rafts for food and cooler support. We had all the SOARS loaded with personal gear, and we ran all the rapids almost flawlessly except for one boat which got cheesegrated at the end of Lava falls. No harm done. Powell would have eaten his heart out. It was again a great trip not the least thanks to your great boats.

I will not sell my old SOAR, rather I will let it age together with myself until we gracefully will bow out of service one day.

Besides the photos, I am attaching a pdf file of a trip report written by Howard Heffler. There are some good photos in it, too.

Cheers and good paddling, Peter