NRS Inflatable Drift Boat
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So the word from the show was that there wasn’t a lot of exciting new stuff (although again the waterproof bags look nice), but this thing caught a lot people’s eyes:
http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2012/8/16/its-a-floor-wax-its-a-dessert-topping.html
I’ll just link back to Moldy Chum since they were actually there to take the pics.
The retail price is going to be $6k, presumably without a trailer, and it reportedly breaks down to a 4’X4’X4′ box.
For me, I see a number of possibilities and a lot of red flags.
Ha! I just laughed when I saw it on the Chum. For me it comes down to the fact that inflatable boats are inflatable boats, and driftboats are driftboats – never the two shall meet. I mean, I guess they did here, sort of, but I can’t possibly see this thing rowing worth a damn or doing me any good. And 4’x4’x4′ when it’s packed???
I run Aire rafts with NRS frames down here, and the raft itself goes in the back of the truck in a bag much smaller than that, then the frame fits perfectly over it with the foot-bar locking the whole thing in against the tailgate. Two-piece oars and anchor right alongside the raft bag, the same four straps that secure the frame to the boat when it is in use hold it in the truck just fine, and there’s enough room left over for all the gear and supplies needed even to take four clients even all the way down to Strobel for a week all at once.
So – I love NRS as a company, and I guess I’ll have to see one and row it to make a final judgement, but for now and from here this isn’t exactly super-peaking my interest.
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