DIY Packraft | Eliot | Activity https://www.diypackraft.com/members/eliot/activity/ Activity feed for Eliot. Fri, 01 May 2026 15:52:36 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9f5465d1158e2441607216d810dd8429 Eliot replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/diy-packraft-photos/#post-5283 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:44:49 -0800 Hi Matt,

I’ll get some pictures and documentation together for you regarding the outfitting, hopefully this week.

 

]]> 0 749cc201845b55c704604fae72275e36 Eliot replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/diy-packraft-photos/#post-5282 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:41:16 -0800 Hi Clemens,

The rod that forms the coaming is currently a single piece of 3/8″ OD, 1/4″ ID Polyethylene (PEX) tubing. This is available at most hardware stores in North America for installation in household plumbing as an alternative to copper or CPVC.

There is a short section of 1/4″ aluminum tube inserted as a joining piece.

I believe this…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1102fc1ac2acee7569a260ba368de3f Eliot replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/diy-packraft-photos/#post-5267 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:13:41 -0800 Just wanted to share some photos of my V3 kit.

I outfitted it as a light weight whitewater boat with three point thigh straps, a backband and a whitewater deck with a cockpit coaming.

Several of us ran laps on a local class II in it for it’s maiden voyage.

Coming from a rafting and whitewater kayaking background, the packraft  performed really…[Read more]

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