Just to clarify the terms: By “sealant” on the outside you mean something like this? https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B000O71L6Q/ref=sr_1_8?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=aqua+seam+sealer&qid=1617367555&sr=8-8

Or just the regular Aquasure?

Thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunately this was back in the day, when applying Aquasure on  seams wasn’t ‘en vogue’ so I’ve only used it at the bottom bits where the seams join the floor. On my next one I’ll be sure to do it on the seams as well.

I’m now thinking about fixing all leaks in my existing rafts as good as possible and…[Read more]

I’ve built three packrafts already (1x Ironraft, 2x DIY-packrafts) and I’m about to start with my fourth one.

I’ve  been using the three boats on lakes, rivers and white water and all in all I’m very happy with them. Although my heat sealing techniques got better from boat to boat, I’m still far away from fully airtight builds and every…[Read more]

thanks a ton for the insights and thanks to Matt for putting up the documentation.

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I finished my first V3 on the weekend – all the outfitting is yet to come. I was so eager to try it out that I even forgot to pull off all of the masking tape.

Cheesy picture paddeling it on the Danube:

Yep, he wood-form is described in the V3 instructions.
You’ll find it there at step 4.2 (and never want to miss it from then on :-))

glad it all worked out in the end and congratulations: nice raft you built there! 🙂

A question for those of you who packraft frequently:

I was wondering: is the Top-Up-Valve really necessary? I see a lot of comercially available packrafts not having one – others do though.

Is it something you use regurlarly and would you recommend to install them?
Are there any known problems with them “sticking out” so heavily?
Do…[Read more]

I’d also be really interested in the materials you used for the “rods” (I hope that’s the correct term) of the sprayskirt.

I havn’t started building my packraft yet but I’d be curious to know how you proceeded. Did it work out in the end?

I also want to thank you for all your inputs – really helpful! 🙂

What you mean by filing the foot is to make the bottom side completely flat, right?
Did you do this by hand? Is it hard to do?

I also work with the Jingda-Iron and so far, I’m happy with my results (hadn’t much time to built yet though).
I checked the temperature with…[Read more]

I’m not a bot from Austria – hopefully I’ll work as precise as one… 🙂