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Several people have been asking for more details about the DIY heat sealing iron I am using now, so I wanted to make a quick post today showing some photos of how it’s put together, because I won’t have time Read more…

I have been sending DIY Packraft plans all across the world, and I’m so pleased that we are such an international group. Below is an interactive map, indicating all of the countries I have received orders from. If your country Read more…

Note: That’s a 45 cm (18″) ruler in the picture, not a regular 30 cm (12″) ruler. Today I whipped up a seat prototype – something I’ve been putting off until now – and it turned out remarkably well. It Read more…

Now that people are ordering plans and starting to construct their own packrafts, I have created a Facebook page (here) where you can keep up with the latest pictures and videos, and post your own. Just hit the Like button Read more…

Today I finished the packraft that I’ve been making in the demo videos, and I’m super excited about it! I think it looks much better than the white prototype, and it’s even lighter, at 641 grams (1.41 pounds)! I’ll post Read more…

The second step in constructing your packraft is joining the pieces of fabric you cut out in step one. In this new video I demonstrate how I use a heat sealing iron to do just that! You can read the Read more…

Here’s a video I made from this past weekend’s camping trip. It’s the first time I tried paddling with a passenger and it worked quite well – plenty of freeboard, and very comfortable for both of us!  

I’ve just made a new video, which is the first in my instructional series about how to make your own packraft. It also has a couple of clips of me paddling my original homemade packraft in a very rocky, woody Read more…

Note: DIY Packraft is no longer selling packraft plans. In order to reproduce my plans, I looked into various printing options and quickly discovered I would lose money if I stuck to my goal of keeping the price to $20 Read more…

Sorry I’ve been a bit slow to respond to inquiries – I recently moved to an acreage where I have to set up satellite internet… it should be installed next week. Then I’ll be working on some instructions to go Read more…

Soon I will be posting pictures of my completed DIY packraft prototype and notes about construction techniques and, if people are interested, links to plans and materials. This has been a slow process because I have been making my packraft Read more…