Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970903131055.006f1260@skypoint.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 13:10:55 -0600
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: wayne steffens <wsteffen@skypoint.com>
Subject: Re: Coaming Question
In-Reply-To: <9709021714.0O7UV00@bbs.vobis.de>
I dont recall having seen any Aleut boats with low rear decks, although
there may be a couple out there. It certainly is not a common feature for
them.
At 05:14 PM 9/2/97, you wrote:
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I am new in this list and hope my question will not be too far
>off topic; its about the cockpit coaming rim. There seem to
>be several designs in the original eskimo designs, ranging from
>round to egg-shaped. But they all are level with the waterline,
>in contrast to some Greenland Kayaks, where they are lowest
>at the back to facilitate rolling. I recently scanned through
>some volumes and could find 3-place baidarkas with their last
>cockpit having this arrangement, but no single-seater.
>
>Is this feature unknown in Aleut baidarkas?
>
>Thank you for your time,
>
>Hendrik Maroske
>
> * ATP/Linux *
>No one test the depth of a river with both feet.
>
>