Re: [Paddlewise] access to water without cars (was: Kayaker's guilt)

From: Alex Ferguson <a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 11:10:29 +1300
>Marian Gunkel wrote:
> > For those of you willing to travel by fair means only: I am currently
> > preparing an article on "transporting a folding kayak by bicycle".
>
>In one, a fellow used a bike to move around on Nantucket with his
>foldable, using a trailer he made......
>
>In another article, a fellow used a combination of a folding bike,
>child's bike trailer and a folding kayak when he sailed the entire East...

We had to dinner last night, a friend, who used to transport his Puffin 
(plastic) by bike trailer. Longest trip about 300 km (on land). He has 
never had a driver's licence, doesn't intend to either. He mainly 
interested in cycle touring rather than kayaking. He often does/has done 
long tours, months at a time, in various countries of the world.

So bike transport of kayaks isn't limited to folding boats though 5 metres 
of kayak out behind is the bike equivalent of a Mack truck.

Alex


Alex (Sandy) Ferguson
Chemistry Department
University of Canterbury
New Zealand


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