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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Ultralight DIY Packraft in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 years, 1 month ago
Cool! Thanks for posting 😀
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic Heat-sealing tools in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 years, 1 month ago
Thanks for your review, Bruce!
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 years, 1 month ago
Great shot! I love seeing DIY Packrafts in what to me are exotic locations!
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 years, 1 month ago
That’s a big rubber duck 😀 Looks great!
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
Tom F. sent me this video and this link to a forum thread documenting the design and construction of a lightweight fishing float tube (a.k.a. bellyboat or belly boat) using heat sealable fabrics. […]
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Matt: AWESOME link to this man’s quest to build a 2 lb float tube. I read through all 22 pages of posts spanning 5 years of research and design. Fascinating stuff. We lost a good one when he died.
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Hi Derek, that’s great! Too bad that site doesn’t exist anymore… I see that the page was saved in the Wayback Machine ( https://web.archive.org/ ) in 2015, but I didn’t bother to make an account and check to see if all the info is there.
I’m not aware of anyone else who has posted anything similar, but if you find something, please post a link in a comment here. Thanks!
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Oh, good find – thanks!
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, New DIY Packraft Design Available Soon (and a small rant) 9 years, 1 month ago
Hi Mark – I will be designing a V3 version of the Ultralight packraft, but it will be slightly different because it will not use double-sided TPU fabric, so it will take a bit longer.
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, New DIY Packraft Design Available Soon (and a small rant) 9 years, 1 month ago
Thanks, Brian – that means a lot to me! Best regards
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, New DIY Packraft Design Available Soon (and a small rant) 9 years, 1 month ago
Hi Tim – it will be approximately 4 pounds. Cheers!
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 9 years, 1 month ago
Nikki’s parents were visiting over the holiday weekend and they wanted to try out the new packraft, so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures to share. You can see that the weather was much better than the […]
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft 9 years, 1 month ago
They are heat sealed together 🙂
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Matt (Admin) replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 9 years, 2 months ago
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft 9 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, Eliot!
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 9 years, 2 months ago
For the maiden voyage of the V3 DIY Packraft, Nikki and I spent the weekend visiting some glaciers!
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My favorite seat back, and the easiest, is a Crazy Creek folding camp chair. Not exactly a back packing item, but I can set a 2″ thick square boating flotation seat pad into the raft, top it with the crazy Creek chair and my daughter is up above the water and happy. Commercial versions that support the back and wrap around the hips are not popular among the hardcore here in Fairbanks. I bet Matt can develop something much better! The whitewater hardcore I know prefer a good kayak back band, supported with attachment loops or D-rings high on the inside of the raft. If using D-rings, they also attach their thigh braces to the same point. (I’m still looking for nice 1″ (25mm) aluminum D-rings, chrome rust, and the Titanium ones are a bit rough edged (DutchGear.com)). If using webbing one has to think through the connection so knees and back straps are connected and pulling against each other, not both building pressure on the side attachment patches in opposite directions.
Can’t wait to get my V3 built! Lets see, 1000D or 420D, that’s the question?
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft 9 years, 2 months ago
Hi Hugh – I’ve updated the post to include the main differences. Thanks!
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, Inflation Bag Now Available as a Kit 9 years, 2 months ago
I used 7/8″ and it seems to work well!
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft 9 years, 2 months ago
Awesome – it should be within the next week or two. Thanks!
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft 9 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, Rob! Yeah, the inflatable floor will be a removable insert instead of integrated into the boat – it’s just easier that way.
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Matt (Admin) commented on the post, First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft 9 years, 2 months ago
Yes indeed!
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 9 years, 2 months ago
First Pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft
Here are some pictures of the new V3 DIY Packraft. This one is the 120 size, and has a 420D floor (TPU on both sides) and 210D tubes. As it is now, […]-
Yes indeed!
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Thanks, Rob! Yeah, the inflatable floor will be a removable insert instead of integrated into the boat – it’s just easier that way.
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Awesome – it should be within the next week or two. Thanks!
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Looks great! Wider seams, appear to be almost 40 cm wide?
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Looks great! Wider seams, appear to be almost 40 cm wide?
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Very, very nice.. Have to get me one of those..
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Hi Hugh – I’ve updated the post to include the main differences. Thanks!
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Thanks, Eliot!
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They are heat sealed together 🙂
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Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 9 years, 2 months ago
I’ve posted written instructions for assembling the inflation bag kit here. They are text-only, at the moment, but I will add photos and a video soon!
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