Subject: Re: [baidarka] Re: Folding Kayaks versus Traditional Baidarkas
From: Tom Yost (tom_yost@msn.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 18:44:34 EDT
Per Ralph....
>Among the amateur builders boats as narrow as 18 inch width were not
>uncommon and some of these highly sophisticated designs were adopted built
>commercially ... until the advent of cheap fiberglass hulls and outboard
>motors in the late fifties and early sixties....
Here is a LINK to one of the many early (1926) German "performance" folders as
mentioned by Ralph. I still plan to make a reproduction of this one if I can
find the time. It would help if I had an English version of a certain Lorenz
Mayr book. Hint...Hint...!!
http://yostwerks.com/aijuk.jpg
Tom
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