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Hi Thomas – you would need  2m (~6′) of tube fabric to make the two tubes 3′ longer, plus 1 m of floor material. Cheers

Hi Joe, I’m sorry to say I don’t have much useful experience when it comes to taking on smaller passengers, so I can’t really say how much room they’ll need. My experience has been that you can cram a lot of people or gear into a small area fairly easily, but the amount of time it remains comfortable depends on how much room everyone has to shift…[Read more]

Nice! I’m glad to see you looking so happy!!

Nice! Thanks for posting!

Hey Eliot,

thanks a ton for the insights and thanks to Matt for putting up the documentation.

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I finished my first V3 on the weekend – all the outfitting is yet to come. I was so eager to try it out that I even forgot to pull off all of the masking tape.

Cheesy picture paddeling it on the Danube:

Hey Thomas!

Yep, he wood-form is described in the V3 instructions.
You’ll find it there at step 4.2 (and never want to miss it from then on :-))

Hello Mark,

Getting my V3 Packraft on Thursday.  It might be in the V3 instructions but I haven’t seen it referenced anywhere else (maybe just missing it).  What “Wood Form” are you referring to?  You say it’s key, I’d like to not mess this up! 🙂

Also would like an answer to this!  The voyageur sounds like (and looks like from pictures) two people couldn’t sit comfortable in it as it stands.

I also had a question (maybe even you could answer joe).  Buying extra material to lengthen this.  If I want to lengthen it by 3 feet, would I then need 6 ft of the 210D material that’s sold, or is…[Read more]

Hi! I am not a robot, but I am a forum lurker, so I probably will not be posting much.

This packraft looks awesome, and I hope to build one when I finish some of my other projects.

Thanks! I’ve added some of your pictures to the How-To page for tie-downs and attachment points 🙂

I second Mark’s opinion. It’s safe to open the top cover of the Boston valve on the water because of the one-way valve inside, and you can top up through that. Bruce from Fairbanks carries a ~1 meter length of 7/8″ OD silicone tubing to plug into the Boston valve so he doesn’t have to twist around to get his mouth on it, which is a good idea. I…[Read more]

I’m interested to see your spray deck when it’s completed. I’d really like one on mine, but I don’t want to commit to the more permanent whitewater style spray deck since I will often just be paddling around flat lakes fishing with my children…

I’d be fine with some sort of removeable cruiser deck, but I’m not sure what the best way will be to…[Read more]