Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 07:43:29 -0400
From: Chris Kohut <chriskayak@earthlink.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Unidentified skin boat on Martha's Vineyard
Your description sounds like the "spoondrift" (or some or other sissyfied name)
to me. Check out Stimpson Marine's web page and see if a picture warms yer
cockles.
Chris
John Halporn wrote:
> I saw a skin on frame kayak on Martha's Vineyard during a trip last May
> and I was wondering if anyone could identify the plans. It was about 17
> feet with a wood frame and nylon-neoprene skin. There was no bifid bow,
> no rudder, and wood rub-rails over the skin on the keel and gunnels. The
> builder used a lighter nylon for the deck with glued seams at the
> gunnels. Most stations were marine plywood. It is on the beach adjacent
> to the Black Dog Tavern in Vineyard Haven.
> This boat had beautiful lines and I would love to build one like it.
> Any ideas? Thanks, JH