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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic off topic question- hard cooler in packraft in the forum DIY Packrafts 7 months, 2 weeks ago
I can’t really see this as being a problem, but an email to Alpacka might set your mind at ease.
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Beautiful New Packraft Fabric Colors New orange and green packraft tube fabrics (standard weight only). I’m excited to announce that a fabric shipment has arrived with two new […]
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic New users say "Hi" here to prove you are not a Spam Bot in the forum DIY Packrafts 7 months, 3 weeks ago
It’s a good question, and one that I can’t answer, but only spam bots are currently banned, so certainty isn’t necessary. If you are a spammer, you will be banned regardless of whether you are human or bot (if there is even a real distinction between the two).
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Outstanding! I’m so glad the rod holders worked out. Great work, and thanks for sharing! It looks like you’ve already been to some stunning places. Cheers
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Atlin and length questions in the forum DIY Packrafts 8 months ago
I second BobDep’s advice 🙂
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Fishing Rod Holders in the forum DIY Packrafts 8 months ago
Cool! I hope it works out – it looks like it will. Thanks for posting the pictures!
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, New Type of Airtight Zipper 8 months, 1 week ago
I haven’t made specific instructions yet, but you can either install it the same way as a SuperSeal or you can iron it directly to the tube fabric from the “inside” side of the tube. You will be on your own if you want to install it in a seam, at least for the time being, as I haven’t done that yet myself.
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Atlin Tube 1 Final Seam Issue in the forum DIY Packrafts 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Well done – it looks great! Do you mind if I add your photos to the instructions page?
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Tips & Tricks in the forum DIY Packrafts 8 months, 4 weeks ago
That is a great idea! I’m going to add these heat sealing form tips to the Heat Sealing page.
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, Ultralight Packraft Kits In Stock 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Not officially, but you could use some of the scrap fabric that is included in the kit to do that.
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Atlin Tube 1 Final Seam Issue in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months ago
Hi ztron, don’t worry, it’s not a big problem. I’ll post my advice on the Tube 1 instructions page. Cheers
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months ago
Yeah, that’s something I’ve thought about, but once there’s TPU on both sides of the standard tube fabric then it’s only slightly lighter than the standard 450 GSM floor fabric – the difference isn’t big enough to make it worthwhile on a floor that’s about one square meter (it might save 50 or 100 grams compared to using the standard weight floor…[Read more]
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Custom Ultralight Packraft options in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months ago
It sounds like an Ultralight is what you want… I paddle class 1+ in the Ultralight and sometimes carry my wife with me on lakes. If you dig through my old YouTube videos you can see me doing these things in earlier versions of what became the Ultralight. Just four days ago a customer who built an Ultralight emailed:
“By the way last weekend I…[Read more]
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Custom Ultralight Packraft options in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months ago
I’ve looked at the numbers before and unfortunately it doesn’t really make sense.
Having an Ultralight packraft with a wraparound floor wouldn’t make it stronger because the ultralight floor fabric is the same strength as the ultralight tube fabric.
Compared to a standard weight Telkwa, substituting ultralight tube fabric in a Telkwa only…[Read more]
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Fishing Rod Holders in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months, 1 week ago
Sounds great – thanks for the order!
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months, 1 week ago
Great job, and thanks for posting! Cool accessories, too!
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Fishing Rod Holders in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 months, 1 week ago
I haven’t tried it, so it would be a bit of an experiment, but I think that would be okay. I would make the parts that attach to the packraft’s tubes out of the standard weight fabric… there should be enough of that in the kit, but add a note to your order reminding me about this and I’ll make sure to add some extra. Cheers!
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, Replacement Spray Deck Stiffener 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I don’t think there’s an easy way to tell, but the stiffener is something that you insert and remove each time you use the packraft, so you don’t really need to worry about it beforehand – if it’s not stiff enough to keep the skirt on when you get to that point then you can replace it.
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 10 months, 1 week ago
Replacement Spray Deck Stiffener The DIY Packraft spray decks use flexible plastic tubing to stiffen the rim that the elastic spray skirt fits over (the coaming), and several […]
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is there a way to tell between the two batches? I got a kit six months ago and haven’t put it together yet. Should I just to put it together with Pex out of an abundance of caution?
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I don’t think there’s an easy way to tell, but the stiffener is something that you insert and remove each time you use the packraft, so you don’t really need to worry about it beforehand – if it’s not stiff enough to keep the skirt on when you get to that point then you can replace it.
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Thanks for addressing this issue, Matt. I found that with 1/2″ PEX-b for combing, the spray skirt stays fairly well attached to the spray deck through class III. However, it’s still far from dry in that boat. As my body rotates while paddling through whitewater, the waist shock-cord tends to drop down my waist until it sits quite low. Water then pools on the skirt and slowly drips through my shirt and into the cockpit. After running my local 2 mile stretch of whitewater, I had 50-70lbs of water in the boat. So while it won’t negate the need for a drysuit in cold conditions, it does at least prevent having to get out & dump the boat after every rapid. I think my next adjustment will be adding shoulder straps to the skirt to keep it higher on my waist. After that, I may look at aquasealing the holes along the deck where the tube-fabric-joining strips prevent a seal, as you suggest in the tutorial.
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I found the same issue with the skirt. You can correct this by adding adjustable straps to your skirt. These will prevent the skirt from gradually shifting down. I also found I needed to add additional fabric panels to offer more ‘give’ to the skirt, allowing me to shift around in the boat a bit more without putting tension on the skirt.
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Creases between Tubes 3 and 2 in the forum DIY Packrafts 10 months, 1 week ago
If you pull the tube 2 fabric forward and align the edge with the 5 cm line beside the slit (letting the tube fabric overhang the slit) then it looks like it will lie flat. You don’t have to force the existing corner to sit on the slit – you can trim the forward edge of tube 2 later so it lines up with the slit.
Does that help? I’m not 100% sure…[Read more]
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