Lew Crenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (LH) writes, Ralph Hoehn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (RH) comments:
LC: Hello all. I figure I should become an active participant on at least
one e-mail list I'm subscribed, ...
RH: :-) We are honored that you chose this one :-)
LC: ... Feathercraft Khats ... 1.) The boat is heavier than advertised and
2.) It's a tedious process to put the thing together ... As a result, I was
convinced there was a simpler way to build a sporty folding kayak. ...
RH: I hate to say it, but point 1.) is standard practice for the industry
since the manufacturers, shooting for the lightest advertising weight, tend
to give the weight of the bare skin and frame without rudders, spray decks
(sometimes even without seats, which can add a pound or two in themselves)
etc.
LC: So, this winter I will attempt to build, along with a friend, two folding
kayaks ... I've got plans half drawn up and expect to get started sometime in
Dec. From what I've read so far, building a folding kayak is a tedious
process, but hopefully plenty of forethought and help from this list will
keep the project going.
RH: In many ways building a folding kayak is probably not as "tedious" as
building a traditional skin on frame boat because you do not go through all
the miles of twine for lashing. Also, there are fewer frame members and you
usually work from pre-drawn plans.
OK Lew (hidden long range commercial coming up): I am translating (expanding,
editing, augmenting, ...) Lorenz Mayr's German "Folding Boat Builder's
Primer". It contains a good number of lines drawings of proven "Greenland
type" boats, some adapted for white water use (1930' through early '60s),
some on the original lines. Let me ask Mayr Lenz whether we can put the
drawings on the website (a step inspired by David Zimmerly's website
accompanying his book "QAYAQ" -- or vice versa). Perhaps those plans will be
of some interest to you and others here also.
The book itself is a pretty complete manual of how to build a folding skin on
frame boat. Unfortunately I'm not making progress as fast as I would like and
my raw manuscript, the text is complete at curretnly 216 bilingual pages,
still awaits the keen eye of the technical editor and the addition of the
many construction detail drawings. Watch this space for further readiness
updates.
Any other projects to heat up (those cold winter nights)?
Best regards,
Ralph Hoehn
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