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Great idea, Bruce! It’s amazing you were able to remove the foam and reseal where it had been. Thanks for sharing!

My daughter, age 10, finds it easy to re-enter her packraft by reaching across it and grabbing a webbing strap I install around the perimeter of the raft. It is just a 1/2″ piece of nylon webbing run through tie-down attachment points.

Having webbing around the bow, and another around the stern is sufficient too. I run it from 2R to 1R to 1L to…[Read more]

Beautiful!

Thanks, Matt. I’ll try to fix this first. If that doesn’t work, I’ll follow up with you. Much appreciated.

Yep, you just have to cut the black tube and insert some flexible tubing (or rigid tubing pieces that you can then attach flexible tubing to). You can get clear PVC tubing at most hardware stores, and that should work well enough for float bags. Cheers!

Yes, I’ll help you out if that’s what you prefer – just send me a message through the Contact form.

Fantastic! Beautiful pictures and great trip report! And thanks for the valuable feedback. Cheers!

Very interesting! And beautiful… 👍

The iron I’ve been using lately is the leather iron from Alibaba.com. It requires some modification, but it’s better than the Black Baron because it’s narrower (more info here: https://www.diypackraft.com/construction/tools/ ). I see they’re also selling them on Amazon now too:…[Read more]

Hey Matt,

So I can’t find a Coverite Black Baron for sale anywhere. Any suggestions on which iron to go for? Do you think this hot air welding is worth pursuing? The closest looking thing I could find is the Hangar Nine but upon purchase I was unable to remove all of the electronics (without destroying the device) in order to modify the shoe for…[Read more]

Thanks for the feedback, Matt. Do you sell extra fabric or pre-scored panels if I decide to replace this section? Much appreciated.

By the looks of it, it’s probably not still airtight, so I would heat seal some scrap yellow fabric over the damaged areas, and then add some Seam Grip or Aquaseal along the edge between the patch and the black fabric, if necessary.