Message-Id: <199911020752.XAA13637@spot.yknet.yk.ca>
From: "George Privett" <gprivett@yknet.yk.ca>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 23:48:41 -8:00
Subject: Re:baidarka Blandford book "Canoes and Canoeing"
Hi Julian,
I was looking for Percy's book for over a year - kept looking at the out of
print books every few weeks. Low and behold it appeared on the Barnes
and Noble book site and I ordered it. By the time it arrived here in Canada,
it was quite expensive. I have enjoyed it a lot.
I also check out the Clark site once in while. This week I was pleased to
see that it has most of Percy Blandford's plans on the site - including two
folding kayaks.
http://www.clarkcraft.com/cgi-
local/shop.pl?cart_id=19991101001329199247148176&type=categ&categ=0
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Also Paul Lambert builds similar designs and covers them with canvas.
http://www.qsl.net/wa1urb/1.html
George
Whitehorse, Yukon
> >I would like to research the plans mentioned as the work of Percy
> >Blandford in "Canoes and Canoeing". This work is out of print and I am
> >unable to locate it locally. (Metro Washington, DC) Any suggestions as
> >to locating this book?
>
> Many libraries have an internet connection to OCLC WorldCat, which lets
> you search just about every library there is (well, all the libraries on
> the OCLC interlibrary loan system).
>
> In Wash DC you should be able to find a copy by interlibrary loan. I'm on
> the Eastern Shore of Virginia and got a copy via ILL pretty easily.
>
> The problem with the book is that the plans are very small. I think we
> decided some time back, or discovered, that Clark-Craft sells Blandford's
> plans, and you're much the best off ordering a set to work from.
>
>
> Craig O'Donnell
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