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Thoughts on this raft?
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:36 pm
First time on this board, so sorry if I'm doing it wrong... anyway thoughts on the Intex mariner 3 before I buy?
I am buying it mainly for a cabin get away on the Kiamichi river in Oklahoma this fall. Don't have a truck so need something I can inflate there and easily carry down to the river for fishing and general floating. Is there anything out there better for the money?
TIA
I am buying it mainly for a cabin get away on the Kiamichi river in Oklahoma this fall. Don't have a truck so need something I can inflate there and easily carry down to the river for fishing and general floating. Is there anything out there better for the money?
TIA
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 5:17 pm
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:38 pm to scott8811
How much is that boat?
How often will you use it? If just for this trip, may be worth looking in to renting something up there and not having to lug that one back and forth.
How often will you use it? If just for this trip, may be worth looking in to renting something up there and not having to lug that one back and forth.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:45 pm to Panny Crickets
It's $160. I've looked without much luck into rentals up there. It won't be much to get it there and back deflated. It's only a 4 day trip but may use it in the future both on future trips and when we go to my wife's family land near by. They have docks and boats with trawler motors, but they treat them like shite so half of the time, I go looking to take a boat out and can't.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:47 pm to scott8811
I bet that thing tracks as good as a piece of plywood
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:49 pm to Bama and Beer
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I bet that thing tracks as good as a piece of plywood
Yep, if you try to row it like a canoe you'll just spin around in circles.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:54 pm to deeprig9
What exactly do yall mean by that?
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:56 pm to scott8811
I think you would be better off with a cheap kayak.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:01 pm to Chris4x4gill2
I am looking for something that can comfortably fit my wife and I plus ice chests and fishing gear... is a kayak really good for that?
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:05 pm to scott8811
Throw a trolling motor on there and have a good time... 
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:05 pm to scott8811
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I am looking for something that can comfortably fit my wife and I plus ice chests and fishing gear... is a kayak really good for that?
I have an inflatable 2 person kayak. It is not slick in the water but it goes straight and is easier to paddle than what you are showing.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:10 pm to scott8811
I don't mean to sound OT baller, but anything under about $1000 new is going to be crap. I'm cheap, I know where you are coming from. But if you have a car, I'd get a roof rack which will be more itself than that $160 boat I know. I buy them used. But that floor is likely not solid, it won't track (go in a straight line) and will otherwise just be a pretty miserable experience.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:14 pm to scott8811
Buy it from academy or Walmart. If you don’t like it, package it back up and take it back.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:14 pm to scott8811
That kind of boat is also called "a duck." It floats high and can drift sideways, like a duck. It's a very difficult job to paddle a raft like that upstream. If you are looking to take it upstream at all, it will be a PITA unless you can outfit it with an electric trolling motor. If there is no easy way to mount the motor, look for something else. That is a boat made to run downstream as a whitewater raft.
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:17 pm to scott8811
Well, that's a raft, first of all. Second, I wouldn't get in anything inflatable unless it was for an emergency situation. That's just my $0.02
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:56 pm to TBoy
Do you think this would be an issue in a really calm river. The guy I rented the property from says the river is so low that you have to carry rafts/kayaks over rocks and sandbars in spots usually.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:58 pm to scott8811
Are you planning on doing a float trip in that thing? Like going down the river for a few days?
Posted on 7/17/18 at 3:00 pm to scott8811
It's a raft. 
Unless you have a pond, pool, or a really small lake, I'd only use it for emergency situations.
Unless you have a pond, pool, or a really small lake, I'd only use it for emergency situations. Posted on 7/17/18 at 3:02 pm to upgrayedd
No...it'll really just be for a few hours on what is apparently a very calm river and coming back. Also in a pinch on lakes when boats are not working as mentioned in an above post. Looking for something I can easily walk down to the river and load with ice chests and fishing stuff.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 3:02 pm to scott8811
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No...it'll really just be for a few hours on what is apparently a very calm river and coming back. Also in a pinch on lakes when boats are not working as mentioned in an above post. Looking for something I can easily walk down to the river and load with ice chests and fishing stuff.
Then it should be fine.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 3:04 pm to scott8811
Ah. I wouldn't recommend doing much more than that with it. I'm sure those things weren't meant to take much of a beating. Just so you know, you're gonna wear yourself out trying to paddle that thing.
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