Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:19:49 +0200
From: Stefano Moretti <S.Moretti@agora.stm.it>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: [baidarka] historical footage
Craig O'Donnell wrote:
>
> >The cable History channel is playing 'The Cockleshell Heros', "British
> >officers lead canoe [folding boats] to mine Nazi ships" Saturday evening
> >(i.e. right now). They may repeat this this coming week.
> >
> >Paul
>
> Kleppers, or the British knockoff thereof, I think.
>
> The only two survivors were Blondie Hasler and the other guy in his boat.
> Blondie went on to sail in a bunch of OSTAR races, invent a self-steerer
> for sailboats, and adapt the junk rig to Western style hulls (see the book
Craig,
What happened to the Nazi boats ?? We cannot share this channel here. It
could be worth starting a thread (perhaps a follow up on you page) of
links to films that describe skin on fram boats.
I can only mention two:
Alaska (recent, showing baidarkas in a surf)
The man of Aran, 1935 showing Curraghs off the coast of isle of Aran,
Ireland, making a tough living spear hunting whale sharks. Curraghs
floating in gale force brakers of a rocky cliff are impressive, to the
full extent of the meaning.
Professor, can you expand on this thread ??
Stefano