My First Year of Seaplane Ownership 

I need to get my Searey up to Michigan one of these days. I was born and raised in Saginaw/Bridgeport. 700 hours in the Searey now for me. It just is an immensely fun airplane.

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to your next update!

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing your videos and your thoughts. Very inspirational!!!

Great videos. Really well produced. Keep them coming (please)!!!

Thank you This is exactly what I was looking for

Outstanding. Keep at it.

good stuff man such a cool machine

Great video. Think I might need to get one. Thanks Matt.

I live on Lake Erie and I always thought about switching over to a seaplane similar to yours but I always worried that it would limited my flying but you changed my mind, thanks

Absolutely excellent 1 year review. Very informative, honest and humble. This information is golden for somebody who is considering getting into either ultralights or light sport. Thanks for sharing your journey.

Great comments, and I concur with all. I bought my first Searey a couple months ago and had similar experiences (including the uncomfortable wife moment and almost stuffing the plane...lol). But after 50+hours in the the past two months I'm finally getting the hang of it ;-) There has been some fiddly maintenance issues with the tailwheel, toe in/out alignment, and fixing how the splashguard was mounted, but they are terrific and fun airplanes to play with. We just finished a trip from North Alabama to Dayton Ohio and back last weekend. Not fast, but comfortable and just all around fun. Btw..."Go blue!"

Really interesting and excellent ownership report. I’m flabbergast by the insurance cost, even knowing how much aviation insurance has jacked up recently. Did I hear you saying “conditional inspection” repeatedly? The regs refer to “condition inspection”. It s not “conditional,” you must do the inspection whether it “passes” or not. Hope to hear more about you Searey adventures.

Great video ❤ glass water landings Same trouble with water getting in maybe thru the boom tube fittings Great aircraft for manoeuvring in tight spaces

Cool!

Great video!! Thanks for keeping us up to speed.. I've been dreaming about having my own Sea Ray for at least 15 years did you say the company is going out of business?

Welcome back! Has your tiger been relegated to your travel machine and the searey is your fun machine?

Another question. Do you find that seaplane activities like beach docking and fishing tend to get a lot of slop in your plane. Would you recommend an easy to wash out interior?

Do you train to get a pilot license? Or know any private instructors in the Metropolitan area?

Did you say the great lakes region?! Where are you? I live in Goodrich MI south of Flint. I am looking into buying a sea plane like yours. I'd love to check out your seaplane!

You mentioned that Progressive Aerodyne is or may be out-of-business. Is there a news article that gives any more information about them? Tks.

Water restaurants lake st claire has sooo many of them.

I am looking to build /buy an Aeroventura2, I have a single engine land rating and helicopter rating. I plan to go to FL to learn to fly. Do you think it would be advantages to obtain a tailwheel rating before I travel to Florida? Tailwheel training is available close by.

Great video. Can you fish from the plane?

How did you get the aerial shots? Another Searey?

Have you gotten it back from inspection yet?

If you want to go to a unique place in your searey Google blarney island Antioch illinois. The problem would be there is no place to beach it.

Mô hình phi cơ chi tiết rất căng bản hình thể, và tinh tế thuận tiện kinh doanh thông hành linh hoạt tiện lợi, rất phù hợp moi trường kinh tế, nếu sản xuất phương tiện này sẽ chinh phục được khách hàng rất cao, cảm ơn video chia sẻ của bạn hay lắm chúc bạn sức khỏe và hạnh phúc.

Great stuff! Hit us up if you're ever in New England - always looking for someone to do flights of two with on our SeaRey water adventures!

Everyone I've talked to about sea rays has referenced the insane insurance requirements and cost. Seems to be the single largest limiting factor to more people buying them.

I have a new SeaRay and looking for an experienced instructor to fly with me in Sarasota FL. I'm an 3000hr professional pilot with a seaplane rating. Thanks

Cost? 130k?

While you are not posting anything new (unfortunately) about your Searey flying, you might be interested in watching my amphibious aircraft oriented youtube chanel ;-)

Hello i was sort if interested in the ICON A5 but when i found out it only has 100hp and cant even take off with 2 people and a full tank as it will be overweight i lost interest. So my question is what is the highest HP you can get in a Searey ?