Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 13:01:37 -0700
From: lew plummer <jayhawk@sos.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Smaller hooper bay
kyak@rockisland.com wrote:
>
> Lew wrote:
> >Skip,
> >I have always been under the impression that the Hooper Bay boats were
> >paddled in the kneeling position, what's your impression?
>
> >Lew
>
> Most of the descriptions and photos I've seen seem to indicate a
> seated position, but now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen
> a clear statement to the effect that "these boats were paddled seated" or
> vice versa.
>
> On page 7 of Zimmerly's "Hooper Bay Kayak Construction" there is a
> picture of Aloysious Hale setting a net for tom cod, in which he looks to be
> kneeling, but it might have to do with setting the net, rather than
> paddling. On p. 91 Dr Z has a picture of a load of white kids demonstrating
> passenger carrying for short trips across streams. The paddler is seated
> there, and one imagines the good Doctor would insure that pictural details
> were accurate. In Qajaq, p. 39 I would say the paddler was definitly seated.
>
> The only kayaks from that (general)area that I know were paddled
> kneeling were the Alutiqq (spelling??) boats from mainland SE Alaska.
The combing is to high to sit (unless the occupant were really tall)
without some type of seat. But then the seat would raise the CG
reducing stability. The boat volume is large enough to assume many
positions for many conditions. Do you have some measurements?
Lew