Kayak

Buffalobob · 01-24-2010, 18:54

Just curious if anybody here was involved in the development of the kayak manual. Would have been in the mid 70's.

Stras · 02-20-2010, 13:43

Before my time, but we lived it on the MAROPS team in A 1/10 circa 1995-1997. though I've never seen a sail for a Klepper in real life.

We were joking a couple of weeks ago about a former BN CDR who wanted us to mount M249 SAWS on the snowmobiles and tow a Mortar sled with a Mortar system complete and ready to rock n roll. I can only imagine what he'd want me to mount on my Klepper. Probably Claymores and a Bangalore on the front like the CSS Hunley.

Buffalobob · 02-20-2010, 14:01

My youngest brother was the XO for the team did the early experimental work. He wrote large portions of the first manual.

Utah Bob · 02-22-2010, 08:27

The original training film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049083/

rdret1 · 02-23-2010, 19:44

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Originally Posted by Stras

Before my time, but we lived it on the MAROPS team in A 1/10 circa 1995-1997. though I've never seen a sail for a Klepper in real life.

I remember someone mentioning sails for them but never saw anyone try it. Bet capsize drills were a bitch with them.

Blitzzz (RIP) · 04-16-2010, 10:59

To use a sail they'd need to have some sort of keel. what is used in that respect is a box kite. Get the kite aloft and it'll drag you along.

longrange1947 · 04-16-2010, 12:01

Used kayaks in the mid 70s at Devens but never saw a manual or a sail/kite.

We just paddled our asses down the Arno and Po rivers in Italy or tried to drown out between the cape and Marth'a Vineyard.

Some were hard palstic and the others were a collapsable cloth/canvas and rubber affair on a wooden frame. Taxing my memory here.

Buffalobob · 04-17-2010, 05:45

Your description sounds about right. Bunch of different kayaks were tested including folboats.

It would have been about 1974 or 75 or 76. Lt. Stuart Collier from Alabama. Knowing the Army, the manual would have been draft for a long time. It was an Insertion and Infiltration by Kayak manual as I understand it.

rdret1 · 04-17-2010, 21:43

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Originally Posted by longrange1947

Used kayaks in the mid 70s at Devens but never saw a manual or a sail/kite.

We just paddled our asses down the Arno and Po rivers in Italy or tried to drown out between the cape and Marth'a Vineyard.

Some were hard palstic and the others were a collapsable cloth/canvas and rubber affair on a wooden frame. Taxing my memory here.

In mid '80s, I never saw a plastic one. We had the canvass Kleppers with the wooden ribs. We did take them out in the ocean a few times. A few of us almost got clobbered when we loaded on a landing craft in medium swells during MAROPS at Va. Beach.