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      • MRS Nomad S1 packraft review [video]
      • MRS Nomad S1 – a few mods
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      • Packrafting the Wairoa River (NZ)
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      • Packrafting the Tarn Gorge
      • Kayaking and packrafting the Allier (France)
      • Packrafting in France ~ Chassezac
      • Packrafting in France ~ Ardeche Gorge
      • Packrafting the Fitzroy (NW Australia)
      • Lycian Way with packraft
      • Slackrafting to Clashnessie
      • Urban packrafting: River Colne, west London
      • Packrafting around Suilven mountain
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    • How fast is a packraft?
    • Cape Wrath Trail via Assynt
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    • Packrafting in Scotland – Osgaig river
    • Suilven packrafting
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    • Packraft to Suilven Mountain
    • Suilven Packrafting ~ gear report
    • Suilven packraft triathlon
    • Packrafting the Polly Lochans
    • First time Alpackrafting in Scotland (2010)
    • Slackrafts
      • Packraft surfing – Intex vs Alpacka
        • Skinning the Sevylor slackraft
        • Testing the Sevy Slackraft
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      • Slackrafts in NW Australia
      • Slackrafts in France
      • Slackraft to Clashnessie
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      • Kayaking the Swanage Stacks
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      • Loch Sionascaig and Eilean Mòr
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      • Sunny self bailing and hull rigidity
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      • Sea kayaking on Loch Linnhe
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      • Sunny in France
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      • Tested: Shipwreck ArrowStream drop-stitch inflatable kayak review
      • Paddling with a Yakkair Full HP2 dropstitch IK
      • Review: Aqua Marina Tomahawk Air-K 375 full drop-stitch kayak
      • Advanced Elements AirVolution Dropstitch Kayak
      • Preview: Decathlon Strenfit X500 Droptitch kayak
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    • Tested: ROBfin Big Boy L Packraft review
    • Preview: Zelgear Spark 450 inflatable kayak (D-SF)
      • TPU: the Missing Link
    • Preview: Aire Tributary Sawtooth 2020
    • Tested: 2020 Kokopelli Moki II inflatable kayak review
      • Preview: Kokopelli Moki 2
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        • Incept K40 – second opinion
      • An Evening Paddle
      • A windy weekend
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      • Sailing the Incept K40
      • Incept K40 – speed, straps and storage
      • Summer Isles Overnighter
      • Pacific Action sail on Incept K40
      • Sailing slowly
      • Around the Isles of Ristol
      • Kayaking through London
      • Kayaking Ningaloo (Australia) Part 1
        • Kayaking Ningaloo (Australia) Part 2
      • One Midsummer’s Evening
      • Landfall on Horse Island
      • Around Tanera Mor island
      • Kayaking Summer Isles to Ullapool
    • Grabner Amigo
      • Grabner Amigo mods
      • Sailing with the Amigo
      • Paddling a Blood Moon
      • Last of the Summer Isles
      • Touring the Slate Islands
      • Loch and Sea
      • Spey descent
      • Grabner in Enard Bay
      • Grabner at Coigach Point
      • Grabner in Summer Isles
      • Grabner Sea Trials
      • Amigo – first outing
    • Tasman vs Grabner H2
    • Feathercraft Java kayak review
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      • IK&P Video of the Week: Grabner H2 on the Ammer
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      • Semperit Forelle 2; afternoon refurb’
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      • Semperit at sea – 2
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      • Semperit autopsy
  • Travels
    • Summer Isles & Coigach Kayaking Guide
    • Kayaking the Swanage Stacks
    • Packboating in southern France
      • Kayaking and packrafting the Allier (France)
      • Packrafting the Tarn Gorge
      • Packrafting in France ~ Chassezac
      • Packrafting in France ~ Ardeche Gorge
      • Book review: Best Canoe Trips in the South of France
    • Urban Packrafting: London’s Regent’s Canal
    • Urban kayaking: East London
    • Packyaking in Whitianga (NZ)
      • Packrafting the Wairoa River (NZ)
    • Trying out SUP paddle boarding
    • Packrafting in NW Australia
      • Packrafting Fitzroy 1
      • Packrafting Fitzroy 2
      • Packrafting Fitzroy 3
      • Packrafting the Fitzroy 4
      • Packrafting Fitzroy – 5/5
    • Chichester Canal & Pagham to Bognor
    • Wandle: An Urban Packrafting Nightmare
    • Paddling to Brighton
    • Kayaking Mull and Iona
    • Paddling in Venice
    • Walking with Sharks
    • Lycian Way with packraft
    • Kayaking to Bottle Island
    • Slate Islands (Hebrides)
    • Packboating the Spey – 2013
    • Inching towards Bird Island
    • Paddling to Achnahaird
    • Slackrafting to Clashnessie
    • Kayaking in Sardinia
    • IKs in Manhattan
    • Urban packrafting: River Colne (London)
    • Kayaking Ningaloo Reef
      • Kayaking Ningaloo – Part 2
    • Kayaking through London
    • Scottish Sea Kayak Trail 1
      • Scottish Sea Kayak Trail 2
        • Scottish Sea Kayak Trail 3
    • Summer Isles to Ullapool
    • Packboats on Spey 1
    • First time packrafting in Scotland (2010)
  • Gear
    • Pumps
      • K-Pump Mini review
      • Tested: Tyre pump adaptor for inflatable kayaks
    • Paddles
      • Tested: Anfibio Fly ultralight paddle
      • MYO Packstaff
    • Sails
      • Packraft sailing; MRS Nomad S1 + WindPaddle II
      • WindPaddle Adv 2: disc sailing revisted, again
      • Windpaddling to Achnahaird
      • Homemade disc sail
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        • IK disc sail test
      • Windpaddle sailing
      • Pacific Action V sail
        • Fitting a Pacific Action sail to a K40 IK
        • Incept K40 sailing in Scotland
        • Pacific Action V sail in Western Australia
        • Pacific Action V sail revisited
      • Trans Atlantic
    • Deckbags
      • Tested: Anfibio DeckPack
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    • Water Shoes
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    • Tested: Ortlieb Duffle RS140 review
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      • Tatonka Lastenkraxe review
    • Alternative to D-rings for IKs
    • Book review: Best Canoe Trips in the South of France
    • Hilleberg Nallo vs Vaude Odyssee tent review
    • Woodgas stove tested
    • Anfibio Packsuit review
    • Adding latex socks to dry pants
    • Anfibio Buoy Boy pfd
    • Packrafting Suilven – gear
    • Packrafting Fitzroy – Gear
  • Tech
    • Fabrics
      • TPU IKs: the Missing Link
    • Bladders vs ‘Tubeless’
    • Rigidity & Dropstitch
    • Glue, D-rings & Repairs
      • Repairs
      • Repairing huge rips
      • MYO ‘hypalon’ D-rings
      • Alternative to D-rings
    • Valves & PRVs
      • Fitting 4.8psi PRVs to Seawave
      • Testing 4psi mini PRVs
    • Seats
      • Seawave 2: footrest tube
    • Skegs (tracking fin)
    • Rudders?
      • Home made rudder
    • Decks
      • The Case for Open Boats (SoT, IK, SuP)
    • IK Autopsy
    • Grabner Amigo mods
    • Gumotex Solar Mods
    • Grabner H2 overhaul
    • Rolling IKs

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The good thing with solo #inflatablekayak sailing is you can get cool shots like this
Leaving Suilven bothy on our alternative #packrafting route on Scotland’s #CapeWrathTrail
Name that Scottish mountain!
Arrival in Ullapool. Time for coffee and cake!
Jeff hacking away in his execrable $30 #slackraft on Australia’s remote Fitzroy river.
Sketchy crossing (for me at least) to Iona.
Avon IK spotted in France. Many European moto tyre brands (Metzeler, Barum) got into #inflatablekayak back in the day
Paddles to do before you die: Pakboat on the Venice #Vogalonga
Faster #gumotexseawave replaces a super-stiff #grabnerboote Amigo
Pre-order my #inflatablekayak book on amazon
Scotland 2010, first #packrafting adventure:
Strange things emerge at very low tides.
Cruising past Arisaig
Approaching Priest Island.
Tubeless vs Shell & Bladder
Weed-choked 200-year-old tunnel on London's Regents Canal
Thigh straps – make a big difference on an #inflatablekayak
K40 rolled up on a stormy West Australian beach.
Thirty-year-old #gumotex Helios on the Tarn
Chilly dawn on the Spey.

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