From: Rick_Rubio@pci-main.ccmail.compuserve.com
Date: 11 Feb 97 15:42:36 EST
To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: Skinboat materials and building
Arlene Martin wrote:
>In a succinct sort of way, could someone please explain how you went
>about making a traditional skinboat (no glue). What materials you
>used and how much it cost you.
>I have made a CLC Yare out of plywood, and am now itching to make
>another.
I built my Greenland skin boat out of: spruce 2x12 cut into gunnels
and stringers, red oak bent into ribs and coaming, nylon twine for
lashings, hardwood dowel for pegged joints, linseed oil and turpentine
to waterproof all the wood, 11 ounce nylon for the skin, Hypalon (a
rubberized roofing paint) for the skin coating. The frame is lashed
and pegged together; ribs and deck beams are mortised into the
gunnels. Cost of materials was under $200. I used plans in Sea
Kayaker magazine, winter '92 and spring '93 issues. My next skin boat
will be a baidarka, using the same materials and construction methods,
based on Wolfgang Brinck's book, The Aleutian Kayak. Hope this helps.
Rick Rubio
Orange, CA