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Alpacka rafts are Spartan by design. The result is a lightweight raft with only the most universally required packrafting features.

There's no need to modify a stock boat for most uses. That said, you might eventually find certain aftermarket alterations are well suited to your particular boating style - whether it's whitewater rescue-handles or a side tube mural in Sharpie marker. Alpacka doesn't do such modifications, since they're so individual, but that doesn't mean you can't do them yourself.

Modification & the Alpacka Warranty

Alpacka Raft LLC's product warranty applies only to boats with authorized modifications. Alpacka does not directly warrant the craftsmanship, construction, or performance of any non-Alpacka process or item involved in even an authorized modification, but will within reason continue to honor the warranty on the underlying boat, and any Alpacka-made components (such as the actual construction of purchased, Alpacka-made tiedowns). Alpacka does not warrant damages caused by discretionary usage of even an authorized modification. Alpacka does not warrant any craft modified in an unauthorized fashion, nor its capabilities, nor performance.

In plain English, your boat is truly and completely "your boat" when you change it in an unauthorized way from the original manufacturer's condition. You can still send it in to us for work not related to mod, and that doesn't mean it's a bad mod - but the warranty is null and void. What Alpacka can't control, Alpacka obviously is not accountable for - and that's where modding is a big challenge for a manufacturer. What you'll notice is that our authorized modifications are very specific.

Authorized Modifications

• Attaching Tiedowns: Attachment of Alpacka-manufactured tiedowns to the above water surfaces of your tubes or floor. We've seen a variety of non-Alpacka tiedowns glued to our boats but are obviously unable to warrant them, so that is not an authorized modification.
• Cosmetic changes that don't effect the seaworthiness, physical structure, or functionality of the boat. See our Cosmetic Enhancements page.
• Installing an Explorer Seat via sewing a webbing attachment tag onto an existing seat's aft edge.
• Addition of minor, non exit impeding features to a spray deck. Such as: a flat pocket, a high-visibility reflector stripe, or a clip for a light throw-bag. Such additions should be within reason, presenting no entangling, snagging, or exit hazards. Anything that affects the ability to quickly exit the deck and boat is not authorized.

Gluing on Mods: Before gluing something to your boat, be sure to read our related pages on gluing. Unless the gluing is done properly, it's likely to come loose in time.

Tiedowns are the most versatile mod. Alpacka authorizes the tiedown itself, which simplifies it on our end: we can't possibly catalogue and assess all the things boaters can do to their boats, but most such mods can be built separately and attached, at the user's discretion, to a tiedown. On your end, tiedowns let you retain the most versatile boat: rather than permanently attaching things to your boat, we suggest liberal use of tiedowns. This way, you can make your mods themselves modular.

What have we seen tiedowns used for? An incomplete list:

• Camera & water-bottle clip points.
• Fishing rod holders & rod case holders.
• Fish stripping aprons.
• Rifle straps.
• Meat bag anchor points.
• Ski carrying rigs.
• Paddle holders.
• Rescue handle anchor points.
• Mesh pocket & dry bag clip-points.
• Attachment points for lanyards and mooring lines.