Autoinflating a Zodiac cum liferaft?

[Justin - O'day Owners' Web]

So - in Maine our winters get long, even if they are as mild as this one so I've been pondering this coming summer. I have a small boat - 25'. Not enough room to carry my zodiac inflated on deck, no way to mount davits. I also don't really have the room or budget for a liferaft. But I want one - or at least to have my Zodiac available to use as an inshore liferaft. So - anyone figured out how to rig a CO2 canister so that you can inflate your Zode in a hurry? I know Tinker makes an inflatable you can do this with but I want to try it with the one I have.Thoughts? Any ideas about volume? Pressures? Regulators? How to get the hoses to stay in the inflation ports?Justin - O'day Owners' Web

 

[Justin - O'day Owners' Web]

Towing is not the answer (but a SCUBA tank might)

Thanks for the answers guys.Towing is not the answer. I don't care about the drag. I don't want to lose the Zodiac. I have been in 6 - 8 foot waves, steep, not much breaking and was worried about losing the dinghy. On a trip from Maine to Nova Scotia the odds of some big waves are too high.Same goes for hanging the thing on the transom. It'll get ripped away in the conditions I want it most.No - its really got to be inflating it quickly. I can figure out how to get from the tank to the correct pres to the two lines - where I'm stuck is keeping the lines in the boat's inflation ports so that it basically autoinflates.Justin - O'day Owners' Web