Re: [baidarka] Folding Kayaks versus Traditional Baidarkas


Subject: Re: [baidarka] Folding Kayaks versus Traditional Baidarkas
From: Joe Street (jstreet@venus.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 17:35:04 EDT


Vancouver Island is still part of CANADA .....for the time being anyways.

Gerald Maroske wrote:

>Hello Patrick,
>
>sad to hear the assembling time for you with the Khatsalano.
>My folding kayak builds up in 30-35 min which I still find to long.
>
>Flying to the US was no problem in 1995. I had about 55kg incl. boat and
>gear for
>a summer trip on Vancouver island. This included my
>boat-caddy, which is a great help on airports, etc..
>
>For trips inside Europe things are quite different due to the luggage
>limits you
>have mentioned.
>And as I have a short car (~3,5 m) and long boats ( > 5,20m)
>a folder comes sometime handy, especially on greater distances. (There is a
>length limit in Germany which limits you for not more than a 100 km radius.
>If I
>remember it right, your boat or other gear on your roof may not exceed 100cm of
>your car length for less than 100km and not more than 150cm at all.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Gerald
>
>
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