Been There, Done That. I have owned one similar but probably not as nice as Pelican. It did what it was supposed to do and was more stable than a comparitive aluminum. I eventually sold it whenI started fishing larger bodies of water. The down side of using mine was I hauled it in the back of my truck. That made it real mobile and allowed access to a lot of out of the way spots. However every time I used it I had to remove all items from the truck bed, load boat, tie down, load heavy battery, laod paddles,trolling motor, tackle boxes, rods etc. Then once I got to the spot, I had to unload all this stuff, unload boat, drag boat to water, load all items back into boat>>>>fish>>> then load again and unload again. This was when I was a lot younger. I finally got to finding excuses not to fish cause it seemed it was too much work. You also don't want to make the mistake of using on a lake with boats with gas motors or in a windy lake or get caught in a storm trying to get to the bank with only a trolling motor and paddle. If I was going to buy one, I would pay the extra $ for a trailer and if I was going to do that I would just buy a 1442 Alumacraft w/ a galv. trailer. A local dealer here orders them special without the front bench and mounts a front pedestal which is much better and easier to move around and to the back of the boat. The boat and the trailer will cost you around $2K and if you want to add a outboard later you can add up to 25-30 hp with tiller or stick steering. My recommendation!