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Harold N. Arrowsmith '43, owner, and Marshall Dyer '43, his pilot, were testing a new type of sailing rig for a faltboot, the folding boat that goes into a suitcase. After a precarious voyage around the basin in front of Weld Boathouse, they found themselves dead in the path of an informal crew race. Tacking madly to avoid the onrushing eights, Pilot Dyer shattered his mast in the middle of the course...
...speedy faltboot of the type used by German rapids-shooting sportsmen, the fleet will consist of canoes, kayaks, single sculls, wherries, and assorted skiffs. The H.C.A.A. has under consideration an amendment to its constitution which would permit small power boats to join in the venture. If so, they will be required to remain a respectful distance behind the manually propelled craft...
...strange kayak was a faltboot, and the exasperation of the two anglers is likely to be duplicated often, for the sport of faltbootpaddeln which has already swept Europe seems now on the verge of doing the same in the U. S. The faltboot (folding boat) was invented by a Bavarian named Klepper in 1902. After the War, faltbootpaddeln took Germany by storm, became as popular in summer as skiing is in winter. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and England there are now some 500,000 faltboats. Year and a half ago one Jakob Kissner arrived...
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