The classic River Captain Strap is the flagship (hooray for nautical puns) of Captain Strap's adventurer gear. Handmade in the USA by guys who know design and how to have a good time, the River Captain Strap is built to make your lazy river floating trips even lazier. The driving force behind the Captain Strap is convenience. Imagine a perfect summer day, and you and your crew are embarking on the epitome of summer leisure-partying: a river float. You rent your tubes and ask the teenage worker for some twine that you haphazardly last your tubes together with before finally saying 'Screw it' and hoping you tied enough knots. As you cast off for adventure, you reach into a cooler of ice cold beer you brought, being the forward thinker that you are, and just as you crack the first top you realize you are in for more than you bargained for. Every precious second of enjoyment brings with it a summer gust of air that saps precious cold from your can. You have to awkwardly shuffle around in your tube with one hand and an elbow because you have nowhere to set your beer and free up your other hand. Your tubes drift closer together and farther apart based on how your janky twine decides to hold up tying them together. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are happy to announce that there is a better way to enjoy your river float, and by extension, your whole summer. The River Captain Strap allows you to River In Peace with all the following pieces of awesome:
  • 52 inches of durable nylon strapping that will fit around any tube and most canoes and kayaks.
  • High-strength buckles to attach the strap around the tube or canoe/kayak and 2 more buckles sewn into the side of the strap to attach to other Captain Strapped tubes that your friends should obviously buy too or coolers so you can connect your tubes and coolers and don't have to mess with twine.
  • A foam handle sewn into the Captain Strap so you not only have something to do with your hand when you're floating, but can strap up on land and carry it to the water so you don't have to sling your tube or canoe/kayak under your arm or over your shoulder.
  • Nickle-plated D-rings sewn into the Captain Strap with included adjustable 3-foot 550 Paracord attachment cables complete with carabiners at both ends allow you to secure coolers or other friends who are too lame to get a Captain Strap to yourself and be the center of flotation.
The most important part about the River Captain strap, however, and the inspiration for the whole damn thing is an embedded magnet in the strap that allows you to attach your (included) koozie that also has embedded magnets to it while floating so you don't have to keep a hand on your beer for the whole float. Imagine the game-changing possibilities:
  • It lets you keep your beer hand free so you can do other neat things like high five your friends about how happy you are that you have both hands free.
  • You could probably balance your beer on your tube for a short time, but this will actively stay put on your tube so you can actually bounce around or change position in your tube without having to employ the 'ole 'Hey hold this.'
  • It keeps your beer cold because, well, it's a koozie. You can even dip the koozie in the water when it gets dry so the Sun's rays and summer heat cause the water in the koozie to evaporate before getting to the can, and can even wick additional heat away from your already icy cold beer. Science is neat!
Hopefully you've already ordered one before reaching this point, but if you're still with me, the River Captain Strap not only attaches to your inner tubes, canoes, and kayaks allowing you to secure your vessel to your friends', beer and other gear, but also has some other pretty cool uses.
  • Sling it over your shoulder to attach gear or a bag so you can free up your hands.
  • Adjust the size to attach any other piece of gear to another.
  • Fasten it around a case or two of beer to easily carry.
  • Tie a pool noodle into a circle with it and attach your strap magnets over the center to make a sort of aquatic coffee table for your beer.
  • Find a new use of your own, it's a pretty versatile tool.