An inflatable kayak is provided with a floor formed of a first drop-stitch inflatable chamber. A port side is formed of a second drop-stitch inflatable chamber and a starboard side formed of a third drop-stitch inflatable chamber. A flexible fabric hull panel covers an outboard bottom of the floor, and at least a portion of an outboard surface of the port and starboard side. A hull portion is flexible and may be attached to the flexible fabric hull at a forward portion to form a bow contour with a sloping ridge. The front hull portion does not extend below a bottom surface defined by the floor. A rigid skeg attached to the flexible fabric hull at a rear portion and configured to be removable.