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I’m still pretty excited about the potential for a two person boat. Has anyone seen the new Alpacka Forager? Something like that would be perfect.
http://www.alpackaraft.com/product/forager/
If I was designing one, which I don’t have the software to do, I’d make the side tube parallel with each other. Overall boat would be fatter like the Forager is. Then the more skilled DIY builders could add or subtract side tube length to make the boat the length they want. At some point the fabric and seams might start having limitations, but I don’t think we are there yet. Think someone that wants to fly in to an Arctic river and float it with two people and some gear. As a paddle boat or even perhaps a mini oar rig. Or small southwest canyon country rivers. Just things I’d want to do with one, exactly as the description on the web site for the Forager. Some raft floppiness isn’t going to bother me, rafts do that. It’d be the trade-off for a bigger boat..
As a longer/bigger boat, I’d be much less concerned with it having the “big butt” pointed tail although it still could. More traditional raft shapes would be fine with me, possibly a little easier to build with a wider/stronger seam.
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Not thrilled at all with the clover irons. Both our 120v units don’t get hot enough to do anything. I already had a Polyvance Miniweld model 7 airless plastic welder and it works very well. Also just picked up a Dritz Petite Press portable mini iron, it seems to work very well too. The Dritz is more ergonomic than most for those long seams, and the shoe is 23mm wide.
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A two person boat plan and/or kit would be phenomenal. Something similar to the Explorer 42 perhaps.. I think the boat plans are probably the most helpful for folks, once one learns how to assemble them, they can come up with their own accessories. Getting the patterns for a new boat design would be a lot harder.
Inflatable PFD would be pretty slick as well, we all know that is something that is still missing from the market. An ultralight version could be an inflatable horseshoe with a couple straps, a more comfortable one might be a nylon vest with several inflatable inserts..
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Lame! They have a heat setting of 1 – 4. Needs a 5 perhaps.. I was surprised when I opened the package it only says it’s 10 watts! Hard to believe it could do anything with 10 watts, but the heating element is right in the pad. I did find that it never ever ever got too hot, which is nice as after a while I stopped even bothering to test it on scraps. Mine seems to work fine on a regular seams, but it does struggle with pieces like the zipper and doesn’t have the power to really be able to use the tip as the heat is centered around the middle of the shoe. Sorry it didn’t work for you, this inconsistency in irons is annoying. I already ordered a second one, I hope it works.. I did find it makes a big difference what you have underneath. A lightweight wood panel seems to be best as it doesn’t act as a major heat sink.
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