
Alpacka Raft: Caribou Open + Cargo Fly
For many years, the only way to carry your gear on large, multi-sport packraft adventures was either inside the boat on the floor, or mounted to the bow. However, in 211, Alpacka changed the game completely when they invented the Cargo Fly internal gear storage system. This design not only kept your gear drier, it also dramatically increased handling and whitewater performance. However, it didn't solve the problem of carrying large bulky items like bicycles, big game animals, and large packs on the bow. So we designed the Caribou with the Late Rise Bow, that combines the stability and load carrying ability of a rockerless hull with the whitewater and wave performance of a rockered hull. Unlike anything else on the market, the Late Rise Bow still provides a rocker to shed waves and whitewater, but it moves beginning of the rocker in front of the bow's mounted load. The result is a broad stable platform for mounting bulky and heavy items like bicycles that carries them high and keeps the