>Actually, the Puffin is a most interesting folding boat for travel. For the record, the folding Puffin should in no way be confused with the non-folding plastic Puffin which has been around since 1985 or there abouts and is still sometimes in production. Designed in Canada and the mold has been in Canada and NZ. There might now only be one and it would be in NZ. First produced by Nimbus and designed by Steve Schxxxxxx (Matt will know, my records are at home). Length 5.0 metres, beam 0.62 m. Heavy with the cockpit pod fitted, there was a lightweight version at one time without the 6 kg pod. Personally I thought it was a "dog" of a boat and needs to be loaded forward to get the bow down to make it go at all. Some thought it stable but only up to a point then over it would go. Alex . . Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 26 2001 - 12:43:23 PST
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