--- alex <al.m_at_3web.net <http://us.f804.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=al.m_at_3web.net&YY=70593&order=down&sort=date>> wrote: >> Only the most gifted (there are some in this >> newsgroup) can assemble Kahuna in 20 minutes. I >> normally do it in 30-35, because have to check and >> re-align keelsen and chines to make them coincide >> with outer reinforcing strips. Not in a rush, but >> who and why would do this in a rush *every* time >> when he wants to paddle? Because practice is what allows so many to do it in 20 minutes When I first got my 1997 K-1 it took nme anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to assemble it. I started rigging up my roof rack to carry it assembled, but I was never satisfied with carrying it that way. So I kept assembling every time I went paddling. And you know, now I can do the K-1 in 20-30 minutes. The newer boats are much faster as you don't have the cordura deck or seperate frame pieces to deal with. I suspect with practice I could do a Kahuna in 15 or less without rushing. A lot of people spend over an hour assembling Kleppers; I have a tape of Mark Ekhart assembling his Mk-II in 17 minutes while narrating it. He tells me he can do it wiithout narrating in 12. For that matter, I'm sure there are people who take a half hour to assemble an Aleut. I can usually put that one together in as much time as it takes others to get there kayaks off the roof rack and secure all the straps! ===== mike -------------------------- Michael Edelman mje_at_spamcop.net http://foldingkayaks.org http://findascope.com *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 25 2003 - 07:03:53 PDT
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