Smac2530_at_aol.com wrote: > > All this talk of Kleppers (the foldable vs. hardshell debate) makes me wonder > if I'm the only soul with the French version of a foldable. Surely someone > has a Nautiraid and, even better, has attached a sail to it. I have a single Nautiraid Raid 1 but I do not sail it. Love the boat though! There are a few other Nautiraid owners on this listserver. But maybe they are too busy trying to figure out the assembly instructions that are written in Frenchified English. Things like figuring out what "the basement" is in the kayak" :-) > My wife and I > are the proud new owners of a Grand Raid with the Balogh Sail kit. Having > finally figured out the basic boat assembly, I'm now installing the sail kit. > My question has to do with tie down locations for the sheet. I've installed > the mast behind the front seat, which means the sheet bridle is attached > behind the rear seat to D-rings. Where is a good place to put a cleat or > other fastener for the sheet (assuming I'm ever brave enough or foolhardy > enough to do anything other than hand hold it)? You should get that info from the horse's mouth. The horse is Mark Balogh himself. I believe his email address is batwing_at_kerrlake.com. My understanding is that you do want a sheeting point. What I have seen is a line tied to the rudder bracket area with a pully about two feet from the rudder bracket and the sheet goes through that pully; i.e. the pully is the sheeting point. But my memory is sketchy on that. You most definitely do not want to put a cleat behind you though; that could be disastrous. So talk to Mark. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 11 1999 - 11:39:55 PDT
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