The past several months have sure tested my patience, but barring further delays, the new DIY Packraft fabric shipment will arrive in 2-3 weeks (early to mid-February). Then I will start making packraft kits again!
Orders will be processed in the sequence they are received, so if you’re keen to purchase a kit, please join the mailing list to be notified as soon as they’re available (I am not accepting pre-orders).
The fabric in this shipment is for the standard weight packraft kits (the Skeena, Telkwa, and 2-Person models), as well as the spray decks and spray skirts; I will not have more Ultralight packraft fabric for the foreseeable future.
If you’re curious about the cost of shipping a kit to your location, please add some 330 GSM fabric to your cart and enter your address on the Cart page to see the available shipping options. Add 8 m of fabric to your cart to equal one Skeena or Telkwa kit; add 11 m to equal one 2-Person kit.
Thanks for your patience!
17 Comments
Neil Barr · January 5, 2022 at 9:16 pm
would be interested in 2, two man packrafts self bailing, when you got availability, are you planning on making this available in the ultralight material?
Matt (Admin) · January 6, 2022 at 9:41 am
No, the ultralight material is too flimsy to make boats like that.
Seth · April 25, 2021 at 11:47 am
About how long does it take to complete one of these packrafts
Matt (Admin) · April 26, 2021 at 1:10 pm
The average for a first time builder seems to be about 35 hours. (The answer to this question and many others are posted in the FAQ.)
Mike · February 6, 2021 at 1:52 pm
Hi Matt,
I have leak in my seat for the Telkwa raft that I haven’t had any luck correcting. I am thinking about starting a new seat, can I purchase the the seat kit?
Matt (Admin) · February 6, 2021 at 3:06 pm
Hi Mike – sure, I’ll send you an email.
Asger bohl · February 3, 2021 at 7:07 am
any updates on when you estimate the 2 perosn one to be back in stock i will be ordering at the moment it is in stock 😀
Cole · February 2, 2021 at 6:54 pm
Any idea on when you will have camo material?
Uncle Fred · February 1, 2021 at 3:35 am
I’ve been checking back in too for updates. Thanks for updating.
Barbara · January 23, 2021 at 12:01 pm
Thank you for the update! I’ve been checking constantly to see if the kits are back in stock as I want to get going on a Skeena in February :-). Will you have it in the red fabric? And I take it the seams and seat will be black?
I’ve also been searching everywhere for a leather iron. No luck on Alibaba, Amazon, local hobby shops, etc. What is the idea iron width to look for? Would also be happy to buy one second-hand from anyone who has completed their built and would be willing to sell theirs.
Matt (Admin) · January 24, 2021 at 5:50 pm
Yep, red and black will be available! Ideally, you’d want an iron about 27 mm wide, give or take a few mm. I haven’t looked online lately, but you could post in the buy/sell page here in the forum and maybe someone will respond: https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/forum/diy-packrafts/
Steve Ho · January 25, 2021 at 10:21 am
Hi Barbara & Matt,
I’m also interested of making two packrafts once Matt’s kits are available. I just purchased a heat iron from Aliexpress. I included the link for your interest, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001162238735.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6b403405H0hXGO&algo_pvid=b6e574a8-5c38-4ffb-8075-59c53515cec7&algo_expid=b6e574a8-5c38-4ffb-8075-59c53515cec7-0&btsid=0bb0623016115986416935144e8074&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
Barbara · January 27, 2021 at 8:13 pm
Thanks, also just ordered one from Aliexpress.
kfrosty · January 20, 2021 at 6:45 pm
I understand bulk fabric isn’t a priority for you which is unfortunate. To clarify, I was not asking for, and people shouldn’t expect, any non-kit-project help from you other than selling the fabric.
You can set limits for the bulk quantities that people can buy (say 5m) which would help with your planning. I don’t think the person customers are thanking for waiting on out of stock kits is the 100m order guy.
Matt (Admin) · January 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Touché.
kfrosty · January 19, 2021 at 4:45 pm
Thanks for the update Matt! What weight fabrics will be available for purchase? I’m thinking about making an inflatable of my own design, but want to use your fabric.
Matt (Admin) · January 20, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Unfortunately I probably won’t be offering bulk fabric sales other than the fabric that is already available in the shop – at least for a while – because it makes it really difficult to plan ahead and control the inventory when I get sporadic orders for large quantities of fabric and it takes so long to have new fabric made. (All the people who are waiting for an out of stock packraft kit can thank the person who ordered 100 m of fabric one day…) Helping people with their various projects also takes up a lot of time that I should be spending on packraft stuff.