Re: [Paddlewise] Tyne Rigid Canoes

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 04:20:57 -0000, "Peter Rihoy" <peterihoy_at_gtonline.net>
said:
 
> In the mid sixties, whist still at school, I built a "Tyne Rigid
> Canoe"(kayak).  It was of canvas on wood construction, single seat and
> about nine/ten feet (ish?) long.  I had some great fun in it and (a nostalgia
> thing, I know plastic would perform better) I would very much like to build
> another.

George Putz's book "Wood and Canvas Kayak Building" ISBN 0-87742-258-3
has plans and instructions for boats that look like the
tyne/klepper/folbots.

> If anyone has any information that may help me, will you please reply to
> peterihoy_at_gtonline.net I would also appreciate details of suppliers of
> canvas, rubberised paints etc. which I would require.

Lots of answers here.  I'm aware of boats covered with canvas,
polyester(dacron), nylon,
awning fabric, polyurethane membrane.  For finishes latex paint, oil
based paint, beeswax,
hypalon, neoprene, aliphatic urethane, varnish, polyurethane(one and 2
part), and flexible epoxy.

The skin/frame boat mailing list archives at
http://www.rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka/ has a search feature to head off
into the archives.  
http://www.rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka/books.html  has a good list of
books, videos, and sources for materials and plans.

The qajaqusa site http://www.qajaqusa.org is another good source of
information.

Kirk
admin for the baidarka and paddlewise mailing lists.
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