Packrafting: A Beginner's Guide: Buying, Learning & Exploring

Packrafts are rugged, portable rafts that open up a new world of amphibious adventuring, from navigating easy waterways to discovering more challenging rivers and lochs. "Packrafting: A Beginners Guide" is a comprehensive guide that explains the different types and features of packrafts, teaches basic paddling skills, and introduces the different types of adventures you can undertake. It is illustrated with over 120 color photographs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 48 pages
Publication date: 17 May 2022
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited

Packrafts are rugged, portable rafts that are small enough to attach under a rucksack, but stable on the water to reassure first-time paddlers. Weighing from 1-3 kilos, they open up a whole new world of amphibious adventuring, from navigating easily accessible waterways to discovering more challenging rivers and lochs that are only reachable on foot or bicycle. Packrafting: A Beginners Guide is a perfect introduction to the game-changing recreational opportunities opened up by packrafting. It takes you through the different types and features of packrafts to ensure that you buy a boat that is right for you and have the right gear to use with it. It clearly explains the basic paddling skills and how to safely evaluate risks on the water. It also introduces the different types of adventures you can undertake with your packraft, from paddling a local canal or river to lashing a bicycle over the bow or using a packable sail to traverse open water. The book is comprehensively illustrated with over 120 color photographs, making it easy to understand and clear to follow.

Packrafts are rugged, portable rafts that are small enough to attach under a rucksack, but stable on the water to reassure first-time paddlers. Weighing from 1-3 kilos, they open up a whole new world of amphibious adventuring, from navigating easily accessible waterways to discovering more challenging rivers and lochs that are only reachable on foot or bicycle. Packrafting: A Beginners Guide is a perfect introduction to the game-changing recreational opportunities opened up by packrafting. It takes you through the different types and features of packrafts to ensure that you buy a boat that is right for you and have the right gear to use with it. It clearly explains the basic paddling skills and how to safely evaluate risks on the water. It also introduces the different types of adventures you can undertake with your packraft, from paddling a local canal or river to lashing a bicycle over the bow or using a packable sail to traverse open water. The book is comprehensively illustrated with over 120 color photographs, making it easy to understand and clear to follow.

Dimension: 240 x 170 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912621415