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Re: Other: Fuselage frame History??
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 2/13/2011, 1:27 pm
In Response To: Other: Fuselage frame History?? (Kudzu)

: Looking for any information anyone might have or references you
: might know of to the History of Fuselage Frames in boats. I am
: writing an article and would like to have some facts. About all
: I have found it is that is probably started in the early 50's
: maybe late 40's after the war, when cheap plywood became
: available. Past that I don't have a lot more info.

Check out "Cockleshell Heroes" a movie about kayak commandos in WW2.

Percy Blandford was one of the first to popularize the homebuilt fuselage style boat, in the 1950's - but there's a short section in W.P Stephens "Canoe and Boat Building," (c 1898) that talks about similar SOF kayak construction.

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Other: Fuselage frame History??
Kudzu -- 2/13/2011, 8:49 am
Re: Other: Fuselage frame History??
Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2011, 1:06 pm
Re: Other: Fuselage frame History??
Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2011, 1:07 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/13/2011, 3:27 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 2/13/2011, 1:27 pm
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Reg Lake -- 2/13/2011, 2:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2011, 5:12 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/13/2011, 8:51 pm
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 2/13/2011, 8:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2011, 12:46 am
Rigid Frame History -10,000 yrs old
mick allen -- 2/14/2011, 5:34 am
Re: Rigid Frame History -10,000 yrs old
Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2011, 9:19 am
Re: Rigid Frame History -10,000 yrs old
mick allen -- 2/14/2011, 5:55 pm
Re: Rigid Frame History -10,000 yrs old
Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2011, 2:36 am
10,000 yrs old? Probably older ! *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/15/2011, 8:23 am
found the NY Times story
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/15/2011, 8:36 am
Re: found the NY Times story
mick allen -- 2/15/2011, 1:18 pm
Framing: others and a relevant aside *PIC*
mick allen -- 2/18/2011, 1:23 am
Re: Other: Fuselage frame History??
Kellan Hatch -- 2/14/2011, 3:40 pm