So what is it, exactly? It’s a self-bailing drift boat inside an inflatable, 14-foot whitewater raft. A carbon-fiber insert makes the inside of the boat walkable, but water will still run ...

“The novelty of building boats wears off after about the fifth one,” he says, “Besides, I wanted to be a user, not a builder.” —Self-bailing ... team began the inflatable floor experiments.

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Its key feature is a full-length inflatable pad that sits below ... a whitewater foot brace connected directly to the boat, and self-bailing draining holes. The latter includes mesh-backed venturi ...