Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Can anyone identify this 1940's folding kayak?

This kayak was bought in Australia in the 1940's and provided a lifetime of  recreation for the owner. I'm keen to find out as much as possible about the history of this model of boat so if you have any information please add it to the comments below.

Thanks, Peter





  




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  1. Stephan Meyn21 December 2011 at 09:05

    I have posted a link to this in Faltboot.org
    Stephan

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  2. Mo Fridlich21 December 2011 at 14:15

    I bought a kayak that looks very much like this back in 1962 in Germany. It was an East German imitation of a Klepper folding kayak. Needless to say that it was a lot less expensive than the Klepper. It came with a sailing rig and we bought it not for the kayaking but for the sailing. The skin eventually rotted away but the frame is still somewhere in my garage.

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  3. paul21 May 2012 at 22:04

    This folder could be one of many German or English (or even Aussie) folders from the pre–war years.
    My best guess would be a Hammer (http://www.faltbootbasteln.de/fbb-hammer_faltboote.html

    But I’d suggest a question to the good folk on the http://foldingkayaks.org/phpBB/ forum.

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