You should look into a duroboat. I picked up a 12 foot deep transom( they come in 2 depths) and used it in the fraser river- big fast water- to get onto the sand bars and also out onto the salt water I had a 9.9 on mine and I rigged up a carrying cradle in the back of my toyota . You can pick them up in various boat dealers on the coast here and they hold there resale value very well , as well if you pick one up in oregon you should be able to bring it back to canada duty free if they are made in the USA (I did that with my Northriver)
