wanewman_at_uswest.net wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Bill Newman here, > > My parents used to import and sell the Tyne boats and I grew up paddling them. > My parents still have a few boats that have survived for nearly 40 years! They > also passed on some Whitewater magazines including one from 1955 that had an > articles on "The Revolutional Fiberglass Canoe", and "White Hell - Running the > Royal Gorge On the Arkinnsas". > > I forget when the company went out of business, but my understanding is that > they have not made the boats for many years. I doubt that the boat would have > any great value other than perhaps sentimental value. I agree that the value would be mainly sentimental as the skin would be costly to obtain. I know of one fellow who offers to do skins for any boat but I am not certain he does a good job, so I can't recommend him. If you find someone to do it, look to pay about $1,200 or more. That is the cost to the person making one. Sometimes a skin can be brought to life with special paint on coatings or by putting other material over the hull. But if stitches are gone or the seam area is worn away, there is little hope. Tynes were excellent boats as mentioned above. It is too bad such companies are Pioneer, Hart, Tyne went out of business. Only Klepper and Folbot remain from firms that were still operating in the 1950s (some 80 firms existed pre WW II). Nautiraid too although it changed its name and style from the old Chevaux company. 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 - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 16 2000 - 18:47:43 PDT
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