REPLACE … plse leave in reference to Gulf Air. Bill the break-out is only 200 wds. It fits best with the Greece leg. Awaiting offical comment to add to anzac piece which I will file this arvo.
By CRISPIN HULL The original Folbot went out of business in 1940 and were recreated in the war. Now an American company has refloated the name and the kayaks with modern materials.
The five-metre, two person kayaks have a aluminium frame, polycarbonate cross frame with rubberised canvas and hypalon hull and cordura nylon deck. Optional extras include a mast and sail. The things wrap into two bags 1400x400x400 cm and 600x600x30 cm and weigh about 50 kilograms. This enables them to be put on aicraft. We put them on Gulf Air which generously waived the excess baggage fee on the flight to Istanbul via Athens and Bahrain.
Our safety equipment included the Emergency, Portable, Intermittent Radio Beacon the size of a large coffee jar (680 grams) which sends out a distress signal and position to a frequency monitored by aircraft. $260. Also we each also had tied to our bouyancy vests the Australian-invented and -produced See-Blitz. It is the size of a small jar of coffee, wateproof and floatable. It sends a flashing light on the distress frequency powered by four AA batteries. Typically, the flash can be seen 16 kilometres away and flashes for 24 hours for emergency uses, but intensity and time can be varied.
The light can be used for contact within a group of kayakers, land walkers or remote and defence workers.
The See-Blitz was invented by James Toohey of Applied Engineering and Design.