Thread: Whanganui River advice

Did honeymoon #1 that way. 3.9 inflatable and a 15hp from memory. Very palatial, as we could cart heaps of stuff and was very comfortable to do long hours in.

Taumaranui start off is very boring, as its still a small river at that stage, and its farmland. Each to their own.

Take some very long rope. Some of those flats don't have anything handy to tie the boat up to. And the river can come up 20 foot overnight if you catch it wrong.
Spare prop and shear pins, pus usual of spark plugs, CRC etc

Repair gear suited to your inflatable. Hypalon or PVC makes a difference to the glues and material used.

You will find it safer going through rapids under steam. Even if only under modest steerage power. Beware the dreaded broaching against a log pile, the water will catch the upstream pontoon, flip the boat and she's all over rover

Yes, can be frigid down in those sunless stretches.

Comms and or a PLB. a bad rip in a pontoon can see you needing to dry the boat out before attempting to glue a repair on. There goes a day you hadn't counted on.

Have fun and take some photos! Mine are all box brownie pics