Packrafts are portable inflatable boats that roll up small enough to carry in a rucksack. With weights as low as one kilo, they open up a whole new world of waterborne paddling adventures, from navigating easily accessible waterways to discovering more challenging rivers and lochs only reachable on foot.Packrafting started out with adventurers using ex-military survival boats to explore various wildernesses, notably Alaska, but, since the millennium, boats have become more refined, sophisticated and specialized. Although they may resemble inexpensive vinyl dinghies you see in swimming pools and on holiday beaches, a proper packraft is infinitely more robust due to its tough fabric and construction which enables higher pressure that transforms the paddling experience. Packrafting: A Beginner's Guide is a perfect introduction to the game-changing recreational opportunities opened up by packrafts and packrafting. It takes you through the different types and features of packrafts to ensure you buy a boat that is right for you and have the right gear to use it. It clearly explains the basic on-the-water skills needed and how to evaluate risks both on the water, on cross-country terrain and the weather. It also introduces the different types of adventures you can undertake with your packraft, be it paddling a local canal or river to exploring remote waterways and inshore coasts.

The entire book is comprehensively illustrated with color photographs making it easy to understand and clear to follow.