DIY Packraft | Bern Salzhaus | Activity https://www.diypackraft.com/members/bernsalzhaus/activity/ Activity feed for Bern Salzhaus. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:41:27 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 fbde8e23d63baa6c6ff547d22eb460bc Bern Salzhaus replied to the topic Prototyping inflatable hull shapes in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/prototyping-inflatable-hull-shapes/#post-22470 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:56:49 -0700 Matt, thank you! This is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. Agreed that full scale is probably easier to work with than taping up tiny models, and it has the added benefit that I can use my patterns on the real material once I land on a design I’m pleased with. I’ll let you know how it goes.

-Ben

]]> 0 021d5ee4c307dc1684f51f7d95c63c29 Bern Salzhaus started the topic Prototyping inflatable hull shapes in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/prototyping-inflatable-hull-shapes/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:12:27 -0700 Hi everyone! I’m new to the forum and totally new to making inflatable boats, but I’m an industrial designer and packrafter with a project in mind that I’m excited to explore.

My project involves a completely new kind of inflatable hull shape, and I suspect it’ll take a fair amount of trial and error to get it right.

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]]> 0 a69f47bcd196dc2ca287dbb7ddf0ef04 Bern Salzhaus replied to the topic New users say "Hi" here to prove you are not a Spam Bot in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/say-hi-here-to-prove-you-are-not-a-spam-bot/#post-22400 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:21:41 -0700 Hi Hello!

 

Northern California-based packrafter here. My buddy showed me DIY packraft dot com when we were talking about an idea I had for a new packraft design. I’m so happy to have found this website and community!

 

-Ben

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