Ralph Hoehn wrote: > Capt. Romer made it to St. Thomas (Haiti), but was lost in a > hurricane during his onward journey to New York. I can't decide >whether that speaks for or against the usefulness of sponsons. Marian Gunkel wrote >For even more "prior sponson art" see the following page: >http://home.t-online.de/home/derpoly/mehrrumpfboote.html#kenterschlaeuche, >The pictures are taken from a 1938 magazine, showing sailing folding >boats, equipped with external sponsons. G'Day Ralph, Marian and Paddlewise, Nice pictures and I have to concede, they look as convincing as those in the film Cockle Shell Hero's, so the actor Trevor Howard wasn't the first 'kayaker' to use sponsons! Now question is whether Noah was known to use them:~) All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Nov 07 2002 - 12:31:57 PST
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