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I received an assortment of adapters with a new Flextail pump I got through Aliexpress. I took apart another boston valve and just attached it so I can screw this in to my raft when it’s time to inflate. Need to be a bit fast when it’s done to swap out the valve insert, but it allows for no hands inflation.

I finished up my Skeena build much more quickly than the Atlin. Probably about 20 hours or so. Second time through was much easier. I went for a simple, small boat this time and omitted the TZip. I really like the color!

I figured having a second boat would be helpful if I wanted to bring a friend with. Also I joked with some canoe friends of…[Read more]

Cool! Great idea!

Simple new project for today. Used 250GSM fabric to make a phone pouch for an Anfibio inflatable lifejacket.

Sits inside the chest area, velcro closure with webbing pull handles.

Above is a new roll of that UHMWPE thread I like.

Nice. Have you tried to see if your adapter will friction fit tight enough to leave it until it’s full? How pressured can you get the boat?

Surprisingly that’s not it – this is the one:

Yup, that adapter that tapers right? lol

Maybe I need to take the rubber off. I find that it stays in for a little bit, but once the pressure becomes higher, it pops out. I still have to fill it for another 30 seconds by breathing into it.

I’m really glad you’re enjoying your Telkwa, and it looks like you did great work, but using my design to make another packraft without asking for permission is really not cool.

That looked like a fun paddle! I’m glad everything is coming together.

That’s the solution I proposed in my previous post, but that’s what I’m saying – if you split this into two pieces you might as well carry the adapter that came with the pump, which will be lighter in total

I see this, but the tightness of the fit should already work for hands free operation. I based the dimensions off the flextail adapter for Boston valves, which is the one with the the little rubber attachment – if you pull that off you’ll find that the little plastic piece left over fits perfectly onto the valve.

I’m still building my packraft -…[Read more]

Hey Krafter, have you seen the screw-on adapter shown here? Merging your design with the Boston Valve screw-on on threads would allow hands-free operation.

I was initially thinking about trying to figure this out, but I was a little DIYed out and just bought one from MRS. Not sure how well it’ll work, but I’ll report back. I’ve found almost all of my leaks and fixed them but I’m still finding I need about 5-10 breaths per hour. If something like this ends up on the store, I bet it’d be pretty…[Read more]

Here is one of my modified spray skirts, as requested.

(Above) Side profile.

(Above) Front profile.

(Above) Rear profile.

I had an issue where my more forward seating position made the spray skirt too tight around the waist. To address this, the torso funnel was cut off and four additional 150GSM fabric panels were cut from the fill…[Read more]