inflatables. Earliest.

ks52 · 11 May 2011, 21:22

Doing a bit of research. Were inflatables with outboards about during World War2. Odd ask i know but will be useful to me...Thankyou

willk · 11 May 2011, 21:27

Have you read this? Inflatable boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Channel Ribs · 11 May 2011, 21:28

I think only round tails back then, they could mount small seagulls on them but in the current use of the words - no.

Canoes were used a lot. You might be surprised how much.

m chappelow · 12 May 2011, 12:35

Think zodiac were the first to make inflatables with woodern transoms as we know them around possibly around late 1940s very early 50s,

m chappelow · 12 May 2011, 14:08

Have a look at this link inflatable boat information, articles, inflatable boat reviews

around 1937 peirre Debroutele concepted a u shape inflatable with a wood transom, and was patented on August 10th 1943

entropy · 21 May 2011, 17:58

I saw an old WW2 ad for an outboard motor company that showed one of their outboards on a huge rubber boat that was used to transfer torpedoes to submarines. This was a soft tail boat, no wood transom. Can't remember the name of the outboard.

m chappelow · 22 May 2011, 17:52

LCPR WWII Rubber Boat.htm

have a look here,looks like it has an outboard attachment .