Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:24:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Ve Smith <ve_hengda_smith@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka "Pakboats" Folding Canoe
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
The pakboat has been around since some time in the mid '80s. If I'm
not mistaken, they're now distributed in the US by Mad River Canoe.
---Charles Hall <chall@totalsports.net> wrote:
>
> The January 15th issue of MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS has an article on
> something called a "pakboat". It's a commercial folding canoe, using
> aluminum alloy tubes and a "heavy duty synthetic canvas coated with a
> new abrasion-resistant PVC".
>
> They mention the advantage of hull-flexibility and one model can
even be
> assembled in "wide" or "narrow" configurations, depending upon water
> conditions!
>
> I was going to scan in the article, but their web site has the same
> material. It's at:
>
> http://www.pakboats.com
>
> They have a cute small-size model for $799, the next model up is
$1455.
>
> Note: This is NOT to be confused with the "pakYAK" folding kayak.
> --
> Charles Hall
> Baidarka Mailing List Archive
> http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka
>
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