On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 FoldingBoats_at_aol.com wrote: > What type of boat do you normally roll, Reinhold? > Why should I normally roll my Klepper?? I've never heard that getting its canvas deck wet will make it last longer! Rolling a foldable with air-sponsons is a circus act, really fun, but you don't need it. I have been watching Faltboot.de (the German folding news group) now for some time, but I haven't noticed yet a discussion about rolling foldables. That is difference with respect to plastic boats, where it is an important safety feature. > > And, dare I point it out, the Pouch singles E65 (no sponsons) and E68 (sponsons and 27" beam) roll with little trouble (pictures on www.PouchBoats.com to prove it in the case of the latter). > I am looking forward to see a Pouch RZ 96 double being rolled on your site. This would be some kind of "Ersatz" to PW Members for the picture of the Klondike (print only). > > Grinning from ear to ear ... > But let's get a bit more serious: I wrote that folders with air-sponsons are dificult to roll, not foldables in general. Let's remember that the eskimo-roll was re-invented by Eddi Hans Pawlata in the twenties in a slim greenland style folding kayak. For an example see: http://www.mariangunkel.de/moell.html (It's the Gesa-Möll Marian Gunkel, maintainer of Pouch inofficial has acquired and restored. German text and lots of pictures.) These were folding kayaks to be rolled. Today they have nearly died out. Two models subsist: Nautiraid Greenlander (with 'stabilairs') Pouch Falt-Eski Both don't seem to be commercial successes. Perhaps you might comment on the Falt-Eski. Reinhold Weber *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 13 2000 - 08:24:17 PDT
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