new self bailing raft floor concept

JPW Uses Welded SUP Inflatable Technology to Enhance Self Bailing Raft Design

We have been building some unique self-bailing rafts for some time. One of the problems with the drop stitch floor design has been how to get the floor to fit better, get more flotation , and curve upward into the bow and stern without compromising hull speed and the tunnel effect that enables our boats to be so fast on the water. This is where the SUP welded technology comes into play. We have been working on the system that would enable us to determine how much kick we need to put into a drop stitch floor. This system has been working very well.

With our cad modeling, we determine how much kick a floor needs and the shape it needs to be.

This floor is probably the most complex yet, with a 5 inch kick on one end, an 3 inch kick over a wide distance on the back end, and cutouts along the side for extra bailing capacity. This is the floor of the 2015 Animas Amazon boat.

Then with some interesting patterning techniques to put the main 42 oz floor on, and some interesting glue techniques, we are able to make a smooth transition, with a tunnel effect that enhances tracking, load capacity, and speed all at the same time. This makes the very best whitewater raft available.

The end result is a floor that fits nicely up inside of the main tubes, and follows the curvature of the upswept end.

This is the Fast Eddie Raft with a small upkick on the back end and a larger one on the front. The system worked SPOT ON with this boat.

This is the 13 ft dragon fly floor Note how it kicks on both ends.

This immage shows the dragon fly with the floor installed. Note how far up the end we were able to get the floor with the kick, and the floor tapers inbetween the tubes perfectly.

This immage shows the bottom of the boat when the ends of the floor are pushed up by glue cans, to simulate someone standing on the ends.

However that does not show how smoothe the transition really is when someone is actually standing on it, That is why I am including this picture where Perri is standing at the end. Look at the 42 oz bottom and note how smoothe the transition is. You can see that there is clearance between the shop floor and the inflatable floor because you can see light shining through the bail holes. This system makes for the best tracking fastest hull speed of any fishing boat around.

This is a picture of the kicked floor we built of the stretched fat boy.

This is a detail shot of the front of the floor

15 ft raft drop stitch floor for extra wide floor- the distance between the tubes at midline is 43 inches

These last two pictures are here to show you that as of nov 1 2014 we have not stopped discovering ways to make this process more effective.

I believe that this style and shape of the curvature on the end of the orange ISUP board as aposed to the purple board will be the direction that our new raft floors will also go.

It is a process of continual process and design improvement.

Thanks for having a look.

We will have more as the idea progresses.

By the way we could not do this without an incredible team of people. Some have stuck it our for well over 10years.

That is why we are serious when we say:

Buying a raft does not have to be a gamble when you go with the team that holds all the cards! The wild cards from JPW of course

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