RE: [Paddlewise] Modern history of kayaking (was: Folding Boats)

Dan Cook claims that members of the Nordkapp Expedition of 1975 invented 
bulkheads, hatches, and the built-in bilge pump expressly for the 
expedition, though this might have been a parallel invention. At the Great 
Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium a few years ago, he showed several slides of the 
different hatches they experimented with before they settled on one design.

Chuck Holst

-----Original Message-----
From:	Matt Broze [SMTP:mkayaks_at_oz.net]
Sent:	Thursday, February 15, 2001 3:13 AM
To:	Paddlewise
Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] Modern history of kayaking (was: Folding Boats)

  Derek Hutchinson says his 1967 North Sea Tourer was the first ocean kayak
made entirely from fiberglass and that it was inspired by a picture of a
Mackenzie Delta kayak. I believe Derek has also claimed to be the 
originator
of hatches and bulkheads on kayaks too.


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