> > I'm somewhat curious about the "bolt together" kayaks. I think they come in > > three sections and some come with/in a carrying case. Are they an option > > between the typical kayak and a folder? Anyone have any experience here? > > > In the summer 1991 issue of Sea Kayaker Magazine is an article by Steven > J. Szarawarski detailing how to turn your hard shelled boat into a three piece > take-a-part. You begin by taking your boat and cutting it into three pieces! > Probably the most frightening article I have ever read in SK, which to this day > still causes me to occasionally wake up in the middle of the night screaming > :-) They are exactly this: three piece hardshell kayaks. Transporting such pieces in airplane isn't much easier than complete rigid hull. Definitely, I wouldn't get on a Mexican bus with such a luggage, like I did with a Feathercraft. When assembled, they behave as a rigid hull, don't flex like folder or SOF, so you don't have this feeling of being close to nature forces. On the other hand, they will have seams/joints in the hull - something that neither hardshells nor folders don't have, and I'm happy they don't. I haven't had a 3-piece kayak, though :-). As I recall, Ralph didn't find necessary to cover this topic in his "Complete Folding Kayaker", which should mean for us mortals that they aren't folders. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 20 2004 - 20:24:47 PST
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