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I have an Advanced Concepts inflatable (actually, I own two of them: one is permanently packed in a small cabin at Wallowa Lake, Oregon); bought them through REI.

I have logistic problems too: small apartment. I really don't have a place to store a regular kayak.

I have not used it for diving (yet); but I'm intrigued at the idea and likely to try it out now that I've found this thread and club.

I HAVE used the inflatable to paddle on the Tampa Bay; in the Atlantic; and in rivers and lakes in the Pacific Northwest. It doesn't track as well as a rigid kayak with a rudder, but it doesn't track so badly that you can't get where you want to go...even with a little wind and surf.
 

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I have an Advanced Concepts inflatable (actually, I own two of them: one is permanently packed in a small cabin at Wallowa Lake, Oregon); bought them through REI.

I have logistic problems too: small apartment. I really don't have a place to store a regular kayak.

I have not used it for diving (yet); but I'm intrigued at the idea and likely to try it out now that I've found this thread and club.

I HAVE used the inflatable to paddle on the Tampa Bay; in the Atlantic; and in rivers and lakes in the Pacific Northwest. It doesn't track as well as a rigid kayak with a rudder, but it doesn't track so badly that you can't get where you want to go...even with a little wind and surf.
With my inflatable (Sevylor DiveYak), I can get where I want to go. The problem is relative: if I am with people in rigid kayaks I am slower than they are and don't track as well as they do.

But, hey, it works.
 
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https://xf2.scubaboard.com/community/forums/cave-diving.45/

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