Just back from a 9 day bikepackraft trip in the North West highlands… great trip, my biggest crossing so far 14 km from Plockton to Toscaig on the Applecross peninsula! Some vid + pics etc soon.
As some of you know, I have been packrafting for a couple of years now. It’s great, but there is a lot to learn, everything about boats and rivers, lochs, currents, winds, loads of things to consider for keeping things safe.
I’d be interested in how the cheep dingies compare to the expensive Alpacka boats. I have to say I love my Alpacka, but it is a lot of money to commit if you are only going to use it occasionally. They are quite bombproof though. If the cheep boats are safe enough for simple short crossings and mild river floats, and it gets more people into the bikerafting, that is only a good thing.
If anyone in the Edinburgh area is interested, I’d be happy to give you a shot in the Alpacka. Maybe we could organise a get together down at the Musselburgh lagoon one evening?