Launching Sea Eagle 437 PaddleSki ( 437PS ) in Jupiter, Florida 

Thanks for putting up the Paddleski video. I love my Paddleski's. I have the 437ps, and two 435ps's (I bought one only to have a spare if my original gets....worn out as it's unavailable to buy another new one). I've had a Torqeedo 1003s for about 10 years, of which the ePropultion is a knock off of. There was nothing like it when I bought, but now there are a few competitors. The 437ps has a lot of room if compared to say a kayak, but loaded up with fishing gear and two people would be tighter than a regular motor boat. Can't beat the portability. My first 435ps is 15 years old this year. It's been used over 500 times, at approx 150 locations. This is my favorite of them because I like to use it as a kayak, but with a decent motor and sometimes sail rig. It paddles much easier, and smaller tubes and slightly smaller size makes it a lot faster to fold back up, deflate and being lighter it's easier to take out of the trunk or drag to the water (when I don't feel like adding a couple mins to hook up the EZ-Cart) if I'm close enough to the water to carry it 25 feet or less. The 437ps does offer a tad more room, and can take a 5 or 6HP motor, and stand up casting. But I'm not fishing and the small Torqeedo fits in my car. The 437ps design is a little safer with 5 air valves. The 435ps is less time consuming to setup/tear down and most of my trips on the water are usually short between 1.5-3 hours.. If I was to spend more than 4 hours on the water and didn't care about kayak paddling, the 437ps worth the extra effort to me if I have company. The 437ps can do some paddling, but is much harder unless your going with the wind/current or it's glass flat. Still paddles well enough to motor out and then paddle a short distance to sneak into those fishing spots if it's calm. But it's not a kayak like the 435ps. You should join our FB Sea Eagle Kayak, SUP owners group to share photos and experiences if your not already in the group.

Excellent demo on set up. Helpful to compare with the set up video of your SeaEagle Skiff 16ft. Appreciate the comparison with the equipment you have on each vessel. The process with the trailer wheel use and storage was helpful. I do like the simple compact set up you are using with your Garmin fish finder and how you connect with battery power. On your first video, I thought you may have had a battery inside the tackle box that assisted with weight to keep stable. Thanks for the instruction and ideas, Amigo.

Great video. I have the 437PS as well. These are really fantastic for rv's. I rigged up a mount for my six horsepower Mercury by modifying a bicycle rack. That way I can also put the paddle ski in the car with the six horsepower outboard outside hanging off the trailer hitch and rack. If you do a search for Hawaiian Dan from Sea Eagle he kind of shows how he set it up and how he does it. These boats are certainly well suited for electric motors as well. I picked up an inexpensive electric pump as well and the thing inflates in under 10 minutes. Nice thing is you can reverse the air flow and get all the air out of it as well which makes it more compact when it's folded . And one suggestion I have is put your wheels underneath the transom when you're moving it. It will be easier to move and also supports the boat better.

Thanks for the video! How do you like your E propulsion motor? How is your experience with the range on it? Looks a bit cramped with two and all the fishing gear.

Great view and video. I use a Sea eagle se09. Because of the hull I can't go upstream river if there is a current. I understand this boat has a better hull for that. Do you go upstream against the current? I would probably use the Water Snake 70lbs thrust. Please let me know what you think. I do not fish I am a wild life photo and video man. I am mostly by myself. I go on the Delaware river near Bushkill PA. Thanks.

I started with an inflatable back in the 1970's. If you have a place to keep it semi inflated, loading it on a roof rack, will save you plenty time unpacking and packing. Eventually got a 12 Ft Alluminum Starcraft and cartoped it for several 1000's miles.

Hi Just got my PaddleSki and motor, where do you get your registration numbers for the side of your paddlie ski? I'm a Florida resident too over on the West coast, I have the same set up as you. Thanks

Enjoyed watching your set-up and launch. What shaft length is your Spirit 1.0 plus? Thanks.

I'd also like to see a boat retrieval video. Thanks!

Another thought. Sea Eagle sells solar panel set up which would be ok if you got the money. A better solution is get a second lithium battery. That cost less than a solar panel with built in charge controller. I got a second battery. The 70 lb Watersnake comes with a Anderson connector. So I found company that sells custom cables and order one with Anderson connector on one end and ring lugs on the other. The plan is when one battery is used up I can quick unsnap its Anderson connector and then snap in the other battery very quickly. Otherwise I would have to removed the wingnuts and switch out cables which would take more time.

I another question, took my paddleski out for the first time with me and my daughter and we were fully loaded. To my dismay the paddleski wouldn't track straight at all. I had to constantly adjust the steering and could never find a sweet spot where it would go straight but only for a few seconds. Maybe too much weight and the paddleski acted like a monohull which are hard to control with just a trolling motor. I did have a sailboat before and it I didn't put down the centerboard the wind would blow it out of control while using the trolling motor on it.

Thanks for the video I recently bought a Paddleski and will be trying it out this week. I got the same air pump you got the Shark. I had not thought about getting a second air pump but I can see that it would help with setup time. I got the 70 lb watersnake because of the price and couldn't justify the price of the torqeedo for a few mph faster. Trying to think. of a way to launch the paddleski and removing the wheels without getting my feet wet. I think not having the wheels strapped down and letting the paddleski float away from the wheels them pulling then to shore maybe a way to do it.

Any link / video for the cart wheel ? Thx 😊

Way too many gizmos and gadgets for me as I'm a simple guy , but a nice routine nonetheless. AS long as you make the journey and enjoy it. I got my paddleski a few months ago and have only used a few times, but it has met 95% of my expectation

How fast does it go and for how long does the electric run on a full charge? Thx for the video!

Looks like you have the cart wheel too far forward. It seem you can't rise up the bow very much without dragging the stern. It might work better if the wheels were behind the rear seat.

The 437ps is a big boat. It's long and it's wide. True enough, it would be better for one fisherman like you - lots of gear, lots of electronic devices -, but it should work for two just fine. Perhaps, you could get creative adding storage spaces?! On the tubes (where they would not get in your way)?! Also, you could leave the wheels behind, seeing how you have no need for them at all while on the water. Nice to see you going for an electric motor! Such concern for nature - as well as for the other people on and around the water - seems to be rare in that part of the world: the boats you pass by have, all, massive fossil-fuel motors, whose impact on the environment will be fully suffered by the children and grandchildren of the owners of those boats.