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  1. #31
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    Default Pbk20

    Hi greetings from a windy Isle of Man. I have just bought a BPK 20 its in fairly good shape. Does anyone have a diagram for the sail set up it came with 2 sails. A small lug type and another larger one these need to be replaced. It has no mast how would the mast be held in the boat does it need stays and how are the Lee boards held in place..
    Thanks for you time
    Al

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  3. #32
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    Default PBK canoes

    Hi...I might be able to help I have a sailplan of a PBK 18 the leeboards go across the beam and use u bolts to fit under the cockpit coaming//the mast you will to have to put a block in the point where the cockpit coaming meets at the front and drill a hole for the mast and where the bottom boards stop at the front you will have put a block to take the bottom of the mast ............ .....kind regards Mike

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    Default Re Cockleshell Book second edition

    Hi Quentin...when is your second edition of your book coming out I was in a bookshop in Totnes yesterday and the chap there had not heard of the second edition..He said to me he would like you to sign some copies in the shop I said I would pass on the message I did not give him this line of communication just incase you wanted some peace if you want to follow the contact up the details are www.totnesbookshop.com ....40-42 High street Totnes tel no 01803863273...kind regards Mike Crees.......

  5. #34
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    Default Pbk 20

    Quote Originally Posted by canoemike View Post
    Hi...I might be able to help I have a sailplan of a PBK 18 the leeboards go across the beam and use u bolts to fit under the cockpit coaming//the mast you will to have to put a block in the point where the cockpit coaming meets at the front and drill a hole for the mast and where the bottom boards stop at the front you will have put a block to take the bottom of the mast ............ .....kind regards Mike
    Mike thanks for the adviceand that sailplan would be a great help. could you email it to me . infoATmanxrowingchallenge.com

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    Default manxman pbk

    Hi I e mailed 4 sheets.hope there of some help.....regards Mike

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    Default Pbk20

    HI Mike many thanks for the emailing the diagrams. They are a great help .

  8. #37
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    Default Percy Blandford PBK Canoes

    Hi is there a club or is anyone willing to start one for the old Percy Blandford Canoes ...after nearly 40/50 years some of these canoes are still still being sold having been recovered several times,,new ones are being built outlasting modern materials and they still look great and are very functional anybody of similar mind get in touch I am based in the UK but there is know reason why it cannot be international........Mike

  9. #38
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    Default PBK Kayaks

    I raced a PBK 27 in the early 1950s. The Clark Craft Plans show the 27 as a 13 foot vessel whereas the 27 I raced was 16' long and is shown on there site as the 28. The photo that accompanies the plan data appears to be of me.

  10. #39
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    Default PBK canoes

    Hi did you have any success racing in the 50s..I built my PBK 20 in the late 50s I was 13 yers old and used it on the river Thames in the UK for the next 20 years it was a great time........regards Mike

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    Has anyone any experience or pics of the PBK57 ?? That's the model with bent frames rather than plywood "stations".

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    I raced successfully as a Scout and British Canoe Union independant. The PBK was last raced by me on the Arun River from an 11 minute handicap for my second win in the annual Southern Counties long didtance event. I changed to a Klepper TK 67 for my third consecutive win in 1956 or 7. By then more challenging events were calling - The Devizes to Westminster for one. I haven't Paddled in Anger since 1963 or 4 but will shortly be building a PBK 18 to attempt a journey with Shirley down a couple of hundred miles of the Clarence River in NSW.

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    You did quite a lot ...I nearly did the Devizes.but my canoe partner who was in the Marines got posted ....funny you should mention a PBK 18 I have just got the plans for one ...I have got my son interested in a canoe trip down the river :Thames the upper reaches have not changed since the early 70s in the interim before the build I a bought two canoes one a 30" beam PBK 22 with laminated frames and a 17 foot PBK which has 30" beam it looks like an 18 but it is 2" narrower but it looks as if it will track well...your trip looks very interesting what the camping like....I got the canoe bug again in my 60s....regards Mike

  14. #43
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    Default Percy Blandford & PBK information

    For anyone looking for PBK (or any other Percy Blandford design info), I may be able to help on account of being lucky enough to be married to his grand daughter. Percy's wealth of knowledge (as well as designs) is a trove of treasure and I am sure he would be willing to share it with all who are interested, He may also be willing to help in the sourcing of any missing plans, designs, instructions, etc.

    Please feel free to email me direct should you need anything & I will ensure Percy receives it.

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    Thanks for your contact Sunworshipper, invaluable.

    I've finally started work on a PBK57 which I hope to complete in early January. I've been after my own PBK for about 2 years now having cared for and re-juvunated a PBK27 and a PBK20 as well as skinning a PBK10 - all for other people!!!

    I've built a few of Platt Montfort's Geodesic Airolites and plan to meld a few of his ideas into the PBK - I hope Percy won't mind. I'm aiming at a finished weight of 11kg (24-25lb)

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    Default hey guys!... can anyone help?

    Hey there guys...great to see people together chatting about PBK kayaks...I was given one several years back, and have been busy renovating it ever since, between other jobs!...here it is:





    It is around 16 and a half feet long, and seems quite happy with two people in it!...Could it be a pbk 20?...Anyway, I have finished sorting out the hull, and have noticed now that I have turned it so the cockpit is uppermost, that the wood along the tops of the frames is slightly rotten, and that the fore and aft piece of wood that holds the middle of the deck canvas up has gone!...I found a bit of it loose in the boat, completely rotten through!...is there any way that I can replace these without taking the deck canvas off?....

    Also, I was wondering if anyone still has plans for a PBK that would suit a large 16 stone bloke and all his camping kit, as I would like to build one from scratch!...I would also be interested to know if there is anyone in the Devon/Cornwall area in the UK that would like to meet up for a paddle, as I havent been paddling it for long, and could do with a confidence boost! I have a fiancee and a two and a half year old, and we all go out in a big sit on top kayak as a family, but I have always been drawn to wooden boats myself, and would love to compare other peoples boats to mine to get other ideas, to try and make my boat the best that it can be! Cheers for now guys!

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