I have a nucanoe frontier and an original nucanoe both are great overall and very versatile, I probably don't use them as much as I should. When I went to a jet on my boat that reduced the usage a lot cause places that use to be impossible on rivers to get to with a prop, and could only get to if I had a whole day to make a float trip in the yak, I now can get to in minutes for quick evening fishing outings, or a quick morning. With that said I still love they yaks for some small rivers/streams that really aren't feasible in the boat even with the jet, and for lakes with electric motor restriction, no wake lakes. My only complaint on the nucanoe any of them is the weight. They aren't super heavy, but with a good seat in it, fishing gear cooler, it gets heavy. But same can be said for any craft really. I think bare hull the frontier is around 65lbs it's not horrible, it's super stable, I can throw my cast net out of it easily, paddles well, can be set up for two easily or one person, has enough room for over night float trips, can handle a little motor I have an old johnson 2hp for it and transom motor bracket I made zips along with the motor. The down sides to the nucanoes price, kind of heavy, and it paddles well but not as fast as a smaller narrower yak. But a smaller narrower craft wouldn't be as stable.
I couldn't bring myself to pay the price for one new I bought both of mine used and got good deals on them. If the nucanoe appeals to you get on the nucanoe forum and keeps yours eyes peeled on the buy/sell/trade section on there. That catch 100 looks like a great little yak for the money I have to admit. If I buy another paddle craft it won't be another yak it would be a higher end light weight canoe in the 13-14ft range that I could paddle solo like a yak. But the real light canoes aren't cheap, and I'm a cheap arse, so don't know that I will have one anytime soon.
