RT,

I floated the N fork Santiam in Tricky Nick's Don Hill Mini-drifter last June and it worked OK. You'll get some water in the face from the standing waves, and it takes about 20 oar strokes to move it as far as you could move a drift boat in 5 strokes, but it wasn't too bad. I'm not sure it would be suitable for you and another bigger ( eek ) guy, though. With me and my buddy in it, with gear, it was sluggish and neither one of us is a man of your stature, if you know what I mean.
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