> Dr. Lindemann first did the trip in an African dugout freighter > canoe. Then he decided to do it again. It most definitely was not > an inflatable boat nor was it a single. It was a doublefolding > kayak, a Klepper Aerius II bought without fanfare from the company > in Germany and shipped to him in the Canary Islands. They had no > idea who he was nor what he intended to do so it came to him in > stock form. The only changes he made to the boat was to setup an > outrigger, place a mizzensail behind them with a half paddle for a > mast, and had an extra layer of canvas sewn on to the entire rear > deck and slightly up alongside him in the cockpit. If you are interested in a picture of Lindemanns boat, look at this: http://www.deutsches-museum-bonn.de/meisterwerke/klepper/default.html Rainer Schroeter Marburg, Germany *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:38:59 PDT
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