Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:42:29 -0500
From: Bill Low <billow@capecod.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Split keelson
Wolfgang Brinck wrote:
>
> >
> > I'll go with the theory that short pieces of wood were easy to get.
> >
> > If you can, look at WoodenBoat no. 58, May/June 1984 p. 68-73, "The Kodiak
> > Kayak" by Derrell Short. The article is about the techniques used by David
> > Kubiak, a Kodiak High School teacher, to teach Aleut students how to build
> > Baidarkas. There are many construction and paddling pictures.
> >
> > Kubiak uses traditional Kodiak Island techniques and appears to have
> > developed several techniques to speed up the construction process. According
> > to Short, Kodiak Islanders build their Baidarkas by lashing the bow and
> > stern pieces to the keelson.
>
> snip
> >
> > John Gerlach
> >
> I have actually been meaning to try Kodiak technique of joining the
> keelson to the bow piece since this seems like a simpler way to
> solve the problem than the Aleut approach. In the
> Aleut style construction, the bow piece (stem) is one with the
> front section of keelson. Of course it's hard to tell how this
> will affect the dynamics of the frame until you try it.
>
> I believe, Mark Rogers of Superior Kayak uses the Kodiak technique
> in his baidarka classes and has experienced no problems with it.
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I am going to begin another boat fairly soon and I would be interested
in learning this technique. At present I build the bow piece in three
pieces. 1.A flat top, 2. a vertical piece dovetailed and glued into
that and 3. a shorter vertical piece glued to the keelson. Pieces 2 & 3
are lashed together to form the keelson - bow joint.
How does this differ from the technique you have described?
Bill Low