Blowing Up Your Boat

July, 1978

The words inflatable boat probably bring to mind a pump-up rubber dinghy that's about as peppy as a drifting log. Think again, skipper. Pleasure-craft manufacturers in the past few years have launched a whole flotilla of nimble, air-filled rigs that are more fun afloat than six horny mermaids on a life raft. Blow-up powerboats, in fact, can hit 50 mph when coupled with the right outboard. And if it's excitement you're craving, just climb aboard an inflatable SeaSIed or a Skate one-man kayak and...