> You could even make a folding version of your > favorite rigid/glass boat. > check it out: > http://yostwerks.com/MainMenu.html > > An other idea is the "disposable kit" skin on frame. That is, you build a > skin on frame kayak, disassemble the parts, stuff them in a duffle bag as > Harvey Golden did when he went to Greenland. You spend a day and a half > asembling the thing at your destination and leave it there when you depart. > Materials would be under 100$ . > Robert Morris in his book "Building Skin on frame Boats" has the details on > how to accomplish this. > Chris Cunningham of Skayaker mag has done one or two this way as well. He > details this in his book on "Building the Greenland Kayak". He actually uses > a #10 YKK zipper on the skin so he can disassemble the thing and take it > back home w/ him. (making it waterproof w/ Sno-Seal boot wax) > > For half the cost of shipping a rigid I bet Tom would rent you one of his > folders As to the disposable SOF - the day that I have to spend on un-packing of carefully packed (against those terrible luggage handlers) folder, assembling it and loading evrything in after a tiresome flight, answering a zillion questions of unlookers (yes, it is a kayak; no, I didn't make it myself; yes, it can sail; no, skin won't dissolve after a week in salty waters, and so on) - is the most miserable day in the whole trip. Assembling a disposable SOF would probably take longer. On the other hand, renting a folder sounds interesting. Commercial folders can be rented for 2 weeks cheaper than $500, I think. A week ago I saw a folder, double Greenland 2 by Folbot, for CDN $ 650 (about USD 500), which sounds even better than renting, thoug I don't know its condition. And of course, it's a pretty wide double with open-style cockpit, not a single hardshell kayak, don't be mistaken. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 27 2004 - 14:01:43 PDT
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