Re: [Paddlewise] Rammming Re: QCC and length...

I bought and old double Folbot and accidentally dropped a small screwdriver
about a foot on the thin vinyl deck and it punched a hole right through it.
Never trusted it enough to paddle it since.
Matt Broze
http://www.marinerkayaks.com
-----Original Message-----
From: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 1:56 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Rammming Re: QCC and length...


>> >Wes wrote:
>> >All the negative rake on the turn of the last century battleships was
>> >because the bows were actually rams. The designers in those days weren't
>> >all that confident about gunfire against armor, and designed the
potential
>> >for a ramming battle into the ships.
>> >
>
>I think Folbots may have been designed by some of those guys. I can
>think of no kayaks better suited for ramming than Folbots.  Both of the
>singles and the double have heavy duty metal protective rails at the bow
>and stern.  These rails start at the boat's end tips and wrap around and
>under to run along the keel about a foot.  If a Folbot were to ram a
>fiberglass or kevlar kayak it would do it in.  You also don't want to
>hit a Folbot in the stern with your kayak; you confront not only the
>metal wraparound rail but also all the sharp mechanism for the quite
>large rudder.
>
>And hitting Folbots amidship ain't going to do any damage to them.  The
>air sponsons act as great bumpers to ward off blows.
>
>If you are ever around a Folbot that is backing up or manuevering to
>turn around, give it a wide berth.  Who said that folding kayaks were
>delicate? :-)
>
>ralph diaz
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