Lyn St George

Anyone have any data on the speed of a 2 person packraft?

The 2-Person model is constructed like the Skeena and the seat can be placed in the middle, but it is slower and more awkward to paddle because it is much longer and wider.

Hi Katie – for now the V3 is only available as a kit. I may offer plans at some point in the future, but probably not as I’ve had issues with people buying a set of plans and then trying to use them to make money. Thanks for your interest!

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.

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!

Oh, good find – thanks!

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?

Yes indeed!

Thanks, Rob! Yeah, the inflatable floor will be a removable insert instead of integrated into the boat – it’s just easier that way.

Awesome – it should be within the next week or two. Thanks!

Looks great! Wider seams, appear to be almost 40 cm wide?

Looks great! Wider seams, appear to be almost 40 cm wide?

Very, very nice.. Have to get me one of those..

Hi Hugh – I’ve updated the post to include the main differences. Thanks!

Thanks, Eliot!

They are heat sealed together 🙂