On 9-Jul-2005, "waterdog" wrote:

Flight time would be about 1 hour, 80-120 miles.


So, assuming you won't be able to refuel at the destination you are looking
at maybe fuel for 3 hours with comfortable reserve. Say, 42 gallons for a
Cessna 206. That's 252 lbs, so what you would need is a 206 with amphibious
floats and a useful load of about 1250 lbs. I have heard about some Wipline
conversions that will ALMOST deliver that number. If that won't do I think
you are looking at a DHC Beaver, which would definitely be a handful for a
low time pilot.

The other thing with a 206 is, how many people are you going to carry? To
haul the surfboards, you will probably have to pull out some of the 6 seats.

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-Elliott Drucker