https://www.diypackraft.com/members/shanesykes/activity/ Activity feed for ShaneSykes. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:36:24 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4ee6b7d2b3167218fe28ff3586804c92 https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/alpacka-gnu-seat-for-diy-tandem/#post-14084 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:52:01 -0700 For anyone following: today I went for a paddle with a 5 inch PVC pipe laying down the floor center line like the alpaca gnu seat and I sat on top of my pack which was laid over the pipe. Test runs of that versus just sitting on the regular DIY seat with no pipe came out exactly the same! The pipe on the floor did improve tracking and reduce…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c9446072f98f5af2501c2a565a1ab2b https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/alpacka-gnu-seat-for-diy-tandem/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:03:52 -0700 I’m in the finishing touches of building two tandems. I’m intrigued by the Alpacka Gnu for adventure racing, and I like the idea of their center tube seat. Has anyone tried something similar on a DIY raft? Theirs is self bailing and zips into the floor, but it seems like welding a simple tube down the centerline of the tandem floor could make a…[Read more]

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