tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post6700139333952056300..comments2023-10-11T11:22:41.728-05:00Comments on The Lake is the Boss: Vintage kayak sightingDaveOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00552131869044539704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-83661760676052111912009-06-21T14:41:12.011-05:002009-06-21T14:41:12.011-05:00I have a rigid model Folbot that I built from a ki...I have a rigid model Folbot that I built from a kit in the summer of 72. It's the Big Glider model that's 16' long & 40" wide and has been a really great boat. It isn't fast or sporty, but I had no qualms about loading my wife & 5-month-old daughter in it with all our gear and going camping on a lake in Ontario. That daughter is now 33 and the boat is still floating and our 15-year-old granddaughter likes Folboting, too.<br />I do enjoy my "sports car" playboat, but a "tour bus" like the Folbot is great for lots of stuff, too; as long as you can stand the occasional ridicule.riverkrewsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848858951472368055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286641616677658414.post-84641189330374727742009-06-16T11:45:07.619-05:002009-06-16T11:45:07.619-05:00DaveO,
It is indeed a folbot. I have basically ...DaveO, <br /><br />It is indeed a folbot. I have basically the same tandem model (1980's?) sitting folded in the rafters of my garage. I cannot remember the last time I've have had that boat in the water. I've made many trips to the AINLS in this boat, it is a very stable sea worthy kayak; however, it is bit slow and both paddlers have to paddle in synch due to the length of the boat. Back in the late 1980's, the <a href="http://gitcheegummee.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Gitchee Gumee Adventure Team</a> made a trip from Jack Fish Bay Ontario out to the Slate Islands in my folbot. This was our first leg of the Lake Superior circumnavigation quest. Some day ... I may get around to blog about this with photos. <br /><br />Tom L.Tom Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337960972985861466noreply@blogger.com