FoldingBoats_at_aol.com wrote: > RWW: These were folding kayaks to be rolled. Today they have nearly died out. Two models subsist: > Nautiraid Greenlander (with 'stabilairs') > Pouch Falt-Eski The Nautiraid Greenlander went through 3 generations in about a dozen years. The current one is 27 inches wide and not meant to roll. The original Nautiraid Greenlander was 19 inches wide without air sponsons. It was highly rolleable. It was also highly unpaddleable for most people and was not a success (it was later given sponsons that took the boat to about 23-24 inch beam but it too did not sell well). For some reason folding kayaks that are on the narrow side often seem much more tippy than a hardshell of the same dimensions. Take for example the Feathercraft Khatsalano without sponsons which has a beam of around 22 inches. It feels more tippy than a hardshell of that beam or of even 21 inch beam. That particular model, as well as the Khatsalano with sponsons, seems to want to tip to one side when at rest, i.e. rest on one chine or another. It is disconcerting until you get used to it. It leaves you with a sideways slouch. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Wed Sep 13 2000 - 11:38:41 PDT
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