I know what you're saying. Improvise! I live by the St. Clair river/ lake huron (great lakes) and in my dumdass youth, my buddies and I would use a 6 man dingy for us and tie a 2 man dingy to our foot . 2 man dingy was loaded with beer and ice and off we would float...had to call a buddy to come pick us up wherever we landed. Can't do that now, cops would be all over us!