BLack warrior that one will work fine for the job your doing here, whether it will perform well in later vetures depends on your needs. If just a little kayaking around on lake water, very little vegetation yeah it will work fine. But the price you pay with the cheaper inflatables, and by cheaper I mean under $200US, is in energy, it takes more to move and maneuver them. we loved a couple $400 units but couldn't justify the price. But for the occasional kayaker that one is one of the best for the buck. I demoed out about 30 of them in a show this spring and we decided on a different model but that one came in a close second. We went with the Intex Explorer K2.
Hope you get that heli back with it.
Woody