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Matt, I watched that video over and over. I tried every bowl I had in my house and a couple I picked up from the thrift store. I’ve been really impressed with your instructions (honestly, this one too, I think this is more of a “me” problem), this time I just couldn’t get it right. I’m going to make some smaller forms and play around on some…[Read more]

Just to make sure, did you see the “Ironing around the pointy bow” section on the instructions page?

It’s okay to have a few small wrinkles towards the edges of the seam strip there, so don’t stress about it.

I know your pain! LOL I built a Telkwa and the nose and stern are equally difficult. I ended up with 8 different wooden forms and used a 3 inch diameter hard rubber ball with tape with the sticky side out to do the nose and worked well.  It takes time and I ended up with a tiny wrinkle but was able to iron it out to almost nothing. So don’t gi…[Read more]

Sure, send me an email if you’d like to order a replacement piece.

Great work, Mike, and thanks for the tips! Cheers

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing the details of your rowing rig – very cool!

Finished, mainly.

I built the two person packraft.  I prefer the canoeing, followed by rowing, with kayaking coming in third.  So I wanted a packraft I could could canoe paddle or row.  So I also made a rowing frame from old yagi antenna elements I had laying around, some conduit fittings and some UHMW plastic for the oar yokes.  I gave it the…[Read more]

Hi Cate, someone else did the same thing and was able to fix it by cutting off a bit of the valve stem (or the flange) and using the iron to melt it like hot glue and press it into the hole (kind of like welding metal). Give that a try first.

Thanks for the response Matt.

I am trying to use a kayak spray skirt and its fairly tight. Can you tell me what kind of tubing you use in your kit? I’d love to order more because what I have got damaged from trying to force it with my spray skirt.

I’ll also try to make it work with aluminum tent poles as well because the section I’m running is…[Read more]

Hi pnwdavis,

I’m not sure why that’s happened – would you mind sending me a sample of fabric from that old seat? I’ll email you with the shipping info.

The packraft itself is made with the TPU on the outside, so it will be easy to see if the same thing happens there. If water is somehow part of the cause, that won’t happen to the tube fabric, as…[Read more]