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I didn’t know where else to ask this…  You have some great video paddling on your trips.  How do you secure your camera to the boat?  I can thin of several ways, but none of them will get the same high point of view you have….

Clay

Wow, that’s fantastic! Thanks for the update, and please let us know if it does or doesn’t hold up over time. Cheers

It worked!  puffed it up this morning, and no bubbles on the zipper!  It remains to be seen if this is a durable repair, but that will have to wait until the water is soft again…  Given the time is available the the glue to cure, this technique could be used in a remote situation if seam-grip and zipper lube are in the repair kit.

Has anyone tried this supplier or fabric?  150 GSM, 70D TPU coated ripstop nylon at Adventurexpert. https://www.adventurexpert.com/product/70d-nylon-h-ripstop-fabric/

Has anyone tried this supplier or fabric?  150 GSM, 70D TPU coated ripstop nylon at Adventurexpert. https://www.adventurexpert.com/product/70d-nylon-h-ripstop-fabric/

that was my thinking also… worst case a new zipper in the boat, and a 25cm zipper for a bow bag or something.  may even learn something about repairing it.  At least I didn’t glue the zipper together this morning!  I’ll wait until tomorrow to pressure test it.

Thanks for the picture and more info. I haven’t heard of anyone trying the Seam Grip trick, but I was going to suggest something similar. At this point, I don’t think you have much to lose, unfortunately. If the Seam Grip doesn’t work, you could also try scraping a bunch of TPU off of some scrap fabric and melting it into the divot (after cleaning…[Read more]

OK. I got a pic, its pretty poor, but you can see the damage.  I did the repair described above, I’ll see if I glued the zipper together this evening.

I tried to get pics, but it is too small to see well at my cameras closest focus.  The divot (melted spot) is directly across the edge of the sealing surface, going about 2/3 of the way down the sealing surface.  It is indeed where bubbles form when sprayed with soapy water.  I don’t think there is any lip preventing the seal, I suspect it is ju…[Read more]

Is the spot you’re describing where bubbles form if you put soapy water on it? I just want to make sure it’s not leaking somewhere else. One full breath every 30 minutes is about 2 ml per second, so the bubbles should be fairly noticeable.

Would you be able to post a picture? You might be able to carefully shave off a bit of the melted plastic if…[Read more]

Thanks for posting – the black Atlin looks really cool! You’re ready for some special ops now. I’ve been waffling back and forth about offering black as one of the standard options for the reason you mentioned.

I’ve made that dinosaur head (haha!) mistake myself, so don’t sweat it. Your boat still looks great!

Here is my Atlin build. I was able to finish it in about two weeks working at about the 40 hours total time. I got it in the longest length possible even though I would fit in the smallest, figuring it might have a bit of a tracking and speed advantage with the longer length. Selected black just before the green and orange came up as options. Have…[Read more]

Thanks for posting, Clyde – it looks like you did a great job! And thanks for logging your time and showing the final weight – that’s really useful. Cheers!

Here’s the newest addition to my boat quiver, the Ultralight.

I found the Ultralight kit took me about half of the time of my Atlin build. Altogether, this project took me 27.5 hours to complete.