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From: Gerald Maroske <GUM_at_exmail.de>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 10:58:40 +0200
Hello Ralph,

I found the 8 minutes of a father and son team most impressive...
...they assembled a modified pouch double in a completely dark garage to train for their escape from eastern
Germany.

Cheers

Gerald

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> Assembly is not all that difficult with the double Klepper.  My wife and I
> can assemble it in around 8 minutes even if we have not done it in awhile;
> and that is from the bags, i.e. _not_ from having all the pieces carefully
> laid out beforehand and divided for whether they go in the stern or the bow.
> I was assembling doubles with partners in that time range well before I got
> involved in writing about folding kayaks; so, it isn't a profession thing to
> reach such assembly levels.  The fastest assembly time I am aware of was in
> the 4 minute range . . . but not by me! :-)

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