Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19981103155826.007c9220@mail.itis.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 15:58:26 -0600
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: Dan Miller <5lakes@itis.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka Visit to Folbot and an antique folding boat
In-Reply-To: <363DF5FA.7DC6@totalsports.net>
At 01:12 PM 11/2/98 -0500, Charles Hall wrote:
[Snip of interesting travelogue]
>All of which brings me to the antique kayak frame they have on display.
>It a 1930's Folbot built when the plant was in New York. It's complete,
>but shows lots of wear and tear. I've got several folding kayak plans,
I grew up with one of these, but not so old - maybe late 60's vintage.
Dad still has it in fact, and its in pretty good shape considering
us me and my brothers three used and abused it pretty well for
nearly 20 years...
>Blandford's book from the 60's. It's the same basic scheme as the modern
>ones, with the stringers loosely attached to the bow and stern pieces,
>but it seems to rely on the outer fabric to hold the bulkheads and
>gunwales together. There are special latches to hold the floor assembly
>together.
On ours the stringers are aluminum tubing, loosely fastened to the
stem and stern pieces as you've described. It's been a while since
I set it up, but as I recall, there is a brass pin inserted in the
frame at each stringer notch, and a brass hook fastened to the frame.
The stringer slips over the pin as it is nesteled in the notch, and
the hook then slips into a second hole in the tube to hold it in
place. Brass slides slip through notches in the frame to hold
them to the floorboards. While it is not bombproof before the frame
is inserted into the skin, it is pretty solid by the time all is hooked
together.
Cheers,
Dan
>
--- Daniel Miller - 5lakes@itis.com Five Lakes Wooden Boat Center - Madison, WI http://www.paddlin.com/fivelakes/canoe.htm "So many boats, so little time..."