Message-Id: <ac398889000210046798@[132.177.128.6]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 13:51:37 -0400
To: baidarka@imagelan.com
From: hopper.unh.edu!prl@imagelan.com (Paul R. LaBrie)
Subject: Re: New England BHS meeting summary
At 12:56 PM 7/24/95, Kirk Olsen wrote:
>This past weekend I attended the New England Baidarka Historical Society
>meeting at Fort Henry in Maine. The meeting was held in conjuction with
>a meeting of the MITA western rivers division. Ron Franklin organized
>the event. ETC. , ETC.
Kirk,
As one of the attendees at the Fort Henry meeting all I can say is
"Nice writeup, Kirk!" You should probably be in Journalism instead of
computing. You remembered a lot more of the stuff (like the baidarka run
over by a Cigarette boat) than I ever could (my memory is awful to begin
with -- on the ride home it dawned on me that I think I kept calling
"Kirk" by the name of "Eric" most of Saturday -- and Kirk was too polite to
correct me!)
This event was a lot of fun; it was a beautiful day, in a
picturesque quiet spot and there was a unique collection of friendly,
_very_ interesting and talented people. I fell in love with a quill/storm
paddle (my next project) having had the chance to try one. I picked up a
lot of tips/techniques by just sticking my head in the cockpits of a lot of
boats (and test-driving Kirk's PinTail). I got a chance to see another
rendition of a 5.8M baidarka (Ron Franklin's). In chatting with him, I
discovered that his baidarka has the same tendency to pull slightly to the
right as does mine (he thinks, and I concur, that the underwater appendage
on the bifid bow is probably shifted ever so slightly to the
right/starboard on his craft -- I think mine is doing the same). Also we
each came to the same conclusion that Zimmerley's table of offsets have a
slight problem on one of the stations on the 5.8. Nothing like talking to
someone else and finding that you each went through the same thoughts! It
sure helps in the building of these things. I am looking forward to next
year's events.
So inspired was I after this event that the next day (Sunday) I
took the baidarka out on a warm lake (at my in-laws) and my son and I tried
some Pawlata rolls for our first time ever (we've not had any training --
have just read Hutchinson's book & went through a number of "drills" on
land). My son (17 years old) actually completed a successful roll after
about 4-5 tries. I almost pulled one off....still need a bit more work
though but it was fun ;-)
I took about 20 pictures at the event. When I return in about 2-3
weeks, I will try to get them scanned for anyone interested. Thanks to Ron
Franklin & the M.I.T.A. folks for sponsoring this event.
- paul -
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