Most yachts are equipped with small inflatable skin rafts. The kayak can be stored on deck or in the tailstock compartment. Restarting and launching are quick. As long as the kayak is not overloaded, the crew can safely go ashore.

bottom

The most basic inflatable kayak has a very soft bottom that does not provide directional stability for the boat. The opposite is an inflatable kayak with a hard fiberglass bottom. This kind of kayak is far better than the most basic kayak, but it is heavier and occupies more deck space. A compromise ship type is an inflatable ribs ship. This kind of boat has better hardness and stability, or is made of hard plank. When you put a raft boat in a storage bin, you can roll it up.

Inflation and deflation

The rafting boat that was released from the air was put in a bag and stored in the stern container. The raft should be removed and inflated from the bag in the cabin ceiling, front deck or wharf. Make sure that each part is fully inflated and closed the valve. Before you lift the kayak out of the boat, check that the penetrating cables (ropes tied to the bow of the boat for binding or towing) are connected to the yacht. Put the raft boat on the water in the right direction.

Paddle power

Many small leather raft boats have light two part aluminum oars and paddles are plastic. They are connected to the upper articulated oars of the inflatable pipe. The range of efficiency of rowing may be from "acceptable" to "extremely bad". As long as you pull the oars, some of the paddles bend, causing the kayak to spin from one side to the other as it moves. At the same time, paddlers can use plastic sheets or inflatable tubes as seats, and nothing can tie their feet, making paddling very difficult - if you pull too hard, the paddle will bend!

But not all inflatable raft boats are so bad. Some models have wooden paddles and molded paddles that work well when the pipes are superhard to blow. But paddling is still a heavy job --- short, fast strokes are more efficient, and paddling along with the tides is easier.