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<blockquote data-quote="wjschmaltz" data-source="post: 257900" data-attributes="member: 6150">I am not sure, but I saw a guy a couple years ago have one sitting on the bottom of 6 foot of water on the upper reaches of the Susitna River.&nbsp; He had what people here refer to as a &quot;Florida&quot; style air boat.&nbsp; Which is the typical boat you see on TV with the open front (basically a large jon boat) and guys sitting up high near the rear.&nbsp; Dude had a 4 wheeler and his whole hunting camp in the thing and swamped it.&nbsp; Most people up here do not run that style boat because of the heavy loads people need to get to their remote cabins and the fact that if a wave comes over the top, it's game over.&nbsp; What guys here refer to as the &quot;Alaska&quot; style boat is just a custom flat bottom armored aluminum with a closed hull and set up like an inboard and is operated from inside an enclosed cab.&nbsp; I would imagine that style would meet the flotation requirements.&nbsp; The guy I've hunted with in the past will drive his a couple hundred feet onto a gravel bar and load up moose.&nbsp; Pretty neat set up.Maybe someone on here knows what kind of equipment is operated by the individual in the article.&nbsp; And to anyone on here that had any association with the deceased, my deepest condolences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wjschmaltz, post: 257900, member: 6150"] I am not sure, but I saw a guy a couple years ago have one sitting on the bottom of 6 foot of water on the upper reaches of the Susitna River. He had what people here refer to as a "Florida" style air boat. Which is the typical boat you see on TV with the open front (basically a large jon boat) and guys sitting up high near the rear. Dude had a 4 wheeler and his whole hunting camp in the thing and swamped it. Most people up here do not run that style boat because of the heavy loads people need to get to their remote cabins and the fact that if a wave comes over the top, it's game over. What guys here refer to as the "Alaska" style boat is just a custom flat bottom armored aluminum with a closed hull and set up like an inboard and is operated from inside an enclosed cab. I would imagine that style would meet the flotation requirements. The guy I've hunted with in the past will drive his a couple hundred feet onto a gravel bar and load up moose. Pretty neat set up. Maybe someone on here knows what kind of equipment is operated by the individual in the article. And to anyone on here that had any association with the deceased, my deepest condolences. [/QUOTE]

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