Interesting water craft, ships, boats, surfboards, etc.....

[zerotofifty]

Here is a Lettmann Kayak I have owned it for about 35 years, bought it second hand, it was built in the early 1970s I have many thousands of miles on it, 3500 miles in the last 12 months.
It is a slalom design Hyperform K1 by Lettmann, who is somewhat famous for his boats, it is fiber glass, and 14'4" long, it just fits diagonally in the Vanagon, clearing the windshield by a few inches.

A small aluminum skegg has been added with duct tape to improve tracking, even with the skegg it can still spin around in its own length.

I have had it in rapids, smooth glass water, surfed some big ole waves in the ocean at Halfmoon bay, nearly been run over by full grown grey whales twice, and even have gone out in gale warnings out on the Bay, me the only one around.

Here is a link to Lettmann he was some legend in the yak world...

https://iwhof.org/honoree/klaus-lettmann/

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Words to live by.

[zerotofifty]

Saw dude with the electric VW bus with the blue board on the water today. He used to own a 71 Bug! He lays on his blue board and paddles with his hands, no other paddle he was heading back from a six mile paddle, is 71 years old, but looks a lot younger
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Give Peace a Chance.

Words to live by.

[shano63]

Best day is the first and last day of ownership. My first and last boat. To be fair, I had no idea what I was doing and I was learning as I went. We did have fun with it, but with all the money and work I put into it, it just wasn't worth it.
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63 T1 Ragtop Gulf Blue
20 Toyota Corolla 6spd
22 Wrangler 6spd
78 F250 4x4 4spd

Chris

Take it as it comes-- Morrison

[busdaddy]

[shano63]

1987? Century riviera 6 meter. Bought this back in 2000. This pic was when it was actually floating. Sold it after 2 years. Haven't bought another one

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63 T1 Ragtop Gulf Blue
20 Toyota Corolla 6spd
22 Wrangler 6spd
78 F250 4x4 4spd

Chris

Take it as it comes-- Morrison

[oprn]

That is an absolutely phenomenal boat! I love it!
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Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old!

[OB Bus]

[calvinater]

Porno, in Vermont it's known as Mudd Season.
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"Albatross"!

[oprn]

[busdaddy]

[Shonandb]

[zerotofifty]

Electric VW Van with paddling board on the roof.
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Sorry About That Chief.

Give Peace a Chance.

Words to live by.

[finster]

dutch satire...

Link

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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[Shonandb]

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[Abscate]

[Letterman7]

[KTPhil]

It's too bad 90% of the image links above don't work...
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Current Fleet:
- '71 Fastback
- '69 Westfalia
Retired:
- '67 Beetle
- '65 Beetle (x2)
- '65 Bus
- '71 Squareback

[Shonandb]

Here's a pic of my old asymmetrical windsurfing board back in the early 90s. It was great in perfect side shore conditions but not a great general all around board.

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76 Westy with a 2.5L Subaru SOHC + Vanagon (010) Automatic Transaxle
Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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[NJ John]

I always got a kick out of old front engine speedboats. Kinda car like technology?
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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[Bulli Klinik]

Here’s mine. ‘64. Duracraft runabout.

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Mike K
Bulli Klinik
Colorado Springs