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I’m thinking about making the Voyageur but haven’t pulled the trigger quite yet. I would be interested in making it self bailing. Would the Big Agnes work as the second floor on a self bailer? Also how hard is it to make the Voyageur longer? What additional material is needed?

Looks great! Thanks for posting, Derek!

Second packraft just finished.  The first one was an 80″ floor on the Voyageur.  Learned a lot in that build and applied it to this build.  This one was much easier and more fun to build.  Good times ahead.  Still needs a spray deck.  And I’m using my ExPed large camping pillow for a seat because it’s only $30 and I don’t need to spend hours making it;)

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Finished my packraft last weekend, and took it out for the first time on the Hutt River (NZ) yesterday. It all went great! Still a couple small leaks to sort out and need to put some tie points on.

Question for you Matt – do you have any recommendations for UV protection? When I was in SAR we used 303…[Read more]

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Excellent!

This worked great!

This is an excellent tip! I had just assumed it would be too difficult to turn the tubes inside out so I didn’t even try it. I’ll give it a go on my next build though!

Thanks

In this case I would heat seal them in place as best as possible and add Aquaseal where necessary, and then reinforce the joint with an additional strip of fabric heat sealed on the outside of tube-floor joint.

Turn it inside out.

I tacked the 3 tube down using the cardboard tunnel, then turned the entire tube inside out and finished the seam.  I found this a lot easier than trying to chase bubbles and inspect the seam looking through the tunnel.  I thought I had a good seam until I looked it in the daylight and saw all the flaws.

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I damage the TPU on one of my tubes where it is supposed to attach to the floor, can I use aqua seal to bound this piece where the TPU is damaged?

Hi Jordan,

That sounds like an epic adventure, and that’s the type of trip packrafts are made for! I’d use single-person packrafts with airtight zippers for internal storage… However, I strongly urge you to gain lots of moving-water experience and take a swift-water rescue course before venturing out on a remote, multi-day river trip. There’s…[Read more]