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Subject:Re: Canoe inside Westy
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Fri, 1 Sep 2000 00:43:23 PDT

Thats interesting... but could you fish in one of these? The boat I remember
seeing was more like a fishing boat shape, like they would have for kids
down at the YMCA in Newport Beach... I've never seen anyone fishing in a
Kayak, but then I haven't been fishing for quite some time...

>From: Frank & Susan Malinowski <yakers@EARTHLINK.NET>
>
>In reply to: Date:    Thu, 31 Aug 2000 01:01:24 PDT
>From:    Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Install Canoe to inside 87"Westy..
>
> >I saw a boat available a while back (saw it on the web somewhere) that
>was a
> >folding boat, and it was made in japan, came in different sizes, and if
>I>
>remember clearly, you could put this boat on your roof. They made mention
>on
>the site that it was tested by dropping it from a high height into the
>ocean... I think it was a little long for the vanagon roof though... but
>its
>been a while...
>Look at Folbot, www.folbot.com, an excellent folding kayak. It has an open
>design so it has some canoe features. There are also US and Canadian
>folding canoes but the folding kayaks do better for most applications. I
>have two Folbots, a single & a double ( & severeral other kayaks) and they
>work well with a Westy. You can carry them assembled on a rack or inside in
>bags, good for security.
>
>85 Westy, several kayaks, kids bicycles & other stuff....
>
>"A man with one watch knows what time it is,
>a man with two watches is never sure..."  -  Albert Einstein

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