Collocations for raft - noun

life
inflatable, rubber
makeshift

build, make
They built a raft of logs.

inflate
The two airmen inflated the life raft.

paddle
We paddled the raft to the shore.

float
The raft floated away down the river.

capsize, overturn

race (esp. BrE)

on a/the raft, onto a/the raft
He was found floating on a raft.