>>600537Notice he wrote "seem like".
Good inflatables like
>>599125are decent, and not much worse than SOTs as far as windage goes. I tow mine around on a bike trailer (laugh if you want but I have a better paddle now). Cheap ones are kinda shitty, but they're cheap, and even shitty boats are better than no boat.
You could also look into packrafts (but they aren't cheap).
http://www.packraft.org 