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Category: Rafts

link to Raft vs Canoe. Cost, Capacity, Use and Convenience

Raft vs Canoe. Cost, Capacity, Use and Convenience

It is not unusual to see a raft and a canoe in the same waters but these boats are very different. Each vessel has a completely different hull design and is usually used for very different things. In...

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Why Do Rafts Float?

Rafts are the earliest and most basic form of boat the world has known. With its simplistic, flat-bottomed design many people wonder how a raft floats especially with people on it. Let's investigate...

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Drift Boat vs Raft. Cost, Capacity, Use and Convenience

If you have ever witnessed boaters fighting against whitewater currents or battling with class IV rapids on the McKenzie and Rogue rivers in Oregon then you will likely have seen two of the most...

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What is River Rafting?

Some people look for a rush in their lives and to get this kind of adrenaline rush they pursue activities that are high risk and dangerous. Although there are numerous land based extreme sports and...

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What are Bamboo Rafts?

There are many types of rafts used for many different reasons. But one type that is commonly used in many parts of Asia up to this day, and even in some western countries, are bamboo rafts. You may...

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link to The Many Purposes of the Traditional and Modern Raft

The Many Purposes of the Traditional and Modern Raft

The raft is a very primitive boat, and one of the earliest boats used by our ancestors. It also has a very firm footing in the history of early America. Pioneers used rafts for exploration,...

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